https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2021.995

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

Vol. 16 No. 2 (2021)
Submitted: 6 March 2021
Accepted: 4 May 2021
Published: 3 November 2021
Spatial accessibility, healthcare facilities, hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system, China.
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Jingkai Yue
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3614-9619
Logistics Department, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Qiang Fu
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8259-8824
Department of Community Health, School of Arts and Sciences, Tufts University, Medford, MA, United States.
Ying Zhou
Human Resource Department, Wuhan Forth Hospital, Puai Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Yue Zhang
Department of Public Administration, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Jie Ning
Medical Insurance Office, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Gang Yin
Department of Health Administration, School of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Hongbing Tao
hhbtao@hust.edu.cn
Department of Health Administration, School of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

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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Yue, J., Fu, Q., Zhou, Y., Zhang, Y., Ning, J., Yin, G., & Tao, H. (2021). Evaluating the accessibility to healthcare facilities under the Chinese hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system. Geospatial Health, 16(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2021.995

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