Evaluating the accessibility to healthcare facilities under the Chinese hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system

An accurate assessment of current healthcare resource allocations is essential to address existing inequities in the hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system introduced in China. The data come from statistical reports of local governments and the developer platform of Amap, a Chinese mobile map....

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Autores principales: Jingkai Yue, Qiang Fu, Ying Zhou, Yue Zhang, Jie Ning, Gang Yin, Hongbing Tao
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:89ae4b28df5442e7a18ed69f71ebf1c72021-11-04T09:13:39ZEvaluating the accessibility to healthcare facilities under the Chinese hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system10.4081/gh.2021.9951827-19871970-7096https://doaj.org/article/89ae4b28df5442e7a18ed69f71ebf1c72021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://geospatialhealth.net/index.php/gh/article/view/995https://doaj.org/toc/1827-1987https://doaj.org/toc/1970-7096 An accurate assessment of current healthcare resource allocations is essential to address existing inequities in the hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system introduced in China. The data come from statistical reports of local governments and the developer platform of Amap, a Chinese mobile map. The data were analysed using the hierarchical two-step floating catchment area method. By spatial accessibility analysis, the distribution of accessibility to hierarchical healthcare facilities in Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province was found to be uneven, with clustered high accessibility in the central, north-western and southern parts of the city. To enhance the capacity of healthcare services, the government should allocate healthcare resources rationally to better associate with population densities. Jingkai YueQiang FuYing ZhouYue ZhangJie NingGang YinHongbing TaoPAGEPress PublicationsarticleSpatial accessibilityhealthcare facilitieshierarchical diagnosis and treatment systemChina.Geography (General)G1-922ENGeospatial Health, Vol 16, Iss 2 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Spatial accessibility
healthcare facilities
hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system
China.
Geography (General)
G1-922
spellingShingle Spatial accessibility
healthcare facilities
hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system
China.
Geography (General)
G1-922
Jingkai Yue
Qiang Fu
Ying Zhou
Yue Zhang
Jie Ning
Gang Yin
Hongbing Tao
Evaluating the accessibility to healthcare facilities under the Chinese hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system
description An accurate assessment of current healthcare resource allocations is essential to address existing inequities in the hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system introduced in China. The data come from statistical reports of local governments and the developer platform of Amap, a Chinese mobile map. The data were analysed using the hierarchical two-step floating catchment area method. By spatial accessibility analysis, the distribution of accessibility to hierarchical healthcare facilities in Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province was found to be uneven, with clustered high accessibility in the central, north-western and southern parts of the city. To enhance the capacity of healthcare services, the government should allocate healthcare resources rationally to better associate with population densities.
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author Jingkai Yue
Qiang Fu
Ying Zhou
Yue Zhang
Jie Ning
Gang Yin
Hongbing Tao
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title Evaluating the accessibility to healthcare facilities under the Chinese hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system
title_short Evaluating the accessibility to healthcare facilities under the Chinese hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system
title_full Evaluating the accessibility to healthcare facilities under the Chinese hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system
title_fullStr Evaluating the accessibility to healthcare facilities under the Chinese hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system
title_full_unstemmed Evaluating the accessibility to healthcare facilities under the Chinese hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system
title_sort evaluating the accessibility to healthcare facilities under the chinese hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system
publisher PAGEPress Publications
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