Evaluating spatial equity of health service in Minhang District,Shanghai
Assuring equitable health service is an important factor for promoting sustainable development and constructing harmonious society.Its concept is very necessary for policy makers and health planners.Recent advances in the field of health geography have greatly improved our understanding of the role played by equitable geographic distribution of health services.But equity is difficult to operationalize because it is influenced by lots of non-spatial factors.This paper presents a notion that analyzes spatial equity of health service integrating theories and techniques of spatial accessibility and GIS.By means of modified spatial accessibility index,the authors analyze relative equity status of each subdistrict based on geo-referenced and socio-demographic census exemplified by Minhang District of Shanghai.Due to the demand of residents and using efficiency of every health service are added in the method of accessibility,it makes equity research more valid.The paper also discusses the influence of floating population on spatial equity of health service.
Spatial equity accessibility geographical information system health service
Shi Yishao Chen Huajie Chen Yongjian
Department of Surveying and Geo-informatics,Tongji University,Shanghai 200092,China
国际会议
第16届国际地理信息科学与技术大会(16th International Conference on GeoInformatics and the Joint Conference)
广州
英文
2008-06-28（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）