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DOI	10.1111/tgis.12737
	Evaluating healthcare resource inequality in Beijing, China based on an improved spatial accessibility measurement
	Gong, Shize; Gao, Yong; Zhang, Fan; Mu, Lan; Kang, Chaogui; Liu, Yu
通讯作者	Gao, Y (corresponding author), Peking Univ, Inst Remote Sensing & Geog Informat Syst, Sch Earth & Space Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China.
来源期刊	TRANSACTIONS IN GIS
ISSN	1361-1682
EISSN	1467-9671
出版年	2021
卷号	25 期号:3 页码:1504-1521
英文摘要	In the context of rapid development, Beijing, the capital of China, is facing huge challenges in providing fair healthcare resources to residents. Although Beijing has the best healthcare resources nationwide, a highly concentrated population and uneven distribution of hospitals make the supply of medical resources tight and unbalanced. The objective of this study is to explore the healthcare resource inequality in Beijing based on spatial accessibility. The two-step floating catchment area method was improved to measure healthcare accessibility by defining a novel distance attenuation function that conforms to the specific travel behavior of taxies to hospitals. We explored the inequality among different places and different populations. It was found that the spatial inequality of healthcare resources was evident and typical, with the dominant resources concentrated in the city center. Some regions are always in an advantageous position regardless of traffic conditions. The impact of some social-economic factors on healthcare accessibility was analyzed, which exhibited significant spatial heterogeneity. Hospital deserts for different vulnerable populations were identified. Besides children with massive hospital deserts at the city fringe, other vulnerable populations have no distinct disadvantage. These results offer profound comprehension of healthcare inequality to assist in healthcare resources management and policy-making in Beijing.
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000624280500001
WOS类目	Geography
WOS研究方向	Geography
来源机构	北京大学
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/351898
作者单位	[Gong, Shize; Gao, Yong; Liu, Yu] Peking Univ, Inst Remote Sensing & Geog Informat Syst, Sch Earth & Space Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China; [Zhang, Fan] MIT, Senseable City Lab, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA; [Mu, Lan] Univ Georgia, Dept Geog, Athens, GA 30602 USA; [Kang, Chaogui] Wuhan Univ, Sch Remote Sensing & Informat Engn, Wuhan, Peoples R China; [Kang, Chaogui] NYU, Ctr Urban Sci Progress, Brooklyn, NY USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Gong, Shize,Gao, Yong,Zhang, Fan,et al. Evaluating healthcare resource inequality in Beijing, China based on an improved spatial accessibility measurement[J]. 北京大学,2021,25(3):1504-1521.
APA	Gong, Shize,Gao, Yong,Zhang, Fan,Mu, Lan,Kang, Chaogui,&Liu, Yu.(2021).Evaluating healthcare resource inequality in Beijing, China based on an improved spatial accessibility measurement.TRANSACTIONS IN GIS,25(3),1504-1521.
MLA	Gong, Shize,et al."Evaluating healthcare resource inequality in Beijing, China based on an improved spatial accessibility measurement".TRANSACTIONS IN GIS 25.3(2021):1504-1521.