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标题：Mapping the inequalities of medical resource provision in China
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作者：Haimeng Liu ; Chuanglin Fang ; Yupeng Fan 等
期刊名称：Regional Studies, Regional Science
印刷版ISSN：2168-1376
电子版ISSN：2168-1376
出版年度：2020
卷号：7
期号：1
页码：1-4
DOI：10.1080/21681376.2020.1848615
出版社：Taylor and Francis Ltd
摘要：The outbreak of COVID-19 exposed the shortage of medical resources and the imbalance between cities in China. To better reveal this inequality, this study uses cartograms and half-violin plots to visualize the hospital beds per 10,000 people, medical personnel per 10,000 people and number of 3A hospitals in China. We find that China has made remarkable progress in the primary healthcare system; however, there is still a significant imbalance in the distribution of medical resources, especially the high-quality part. There is a two- to three-fold gap in primary medical care resources between diverse cities, and high-quality medical resources are highly concentrated in cities with high administrative rank and influence.
关键词：medical resources ; healthcare ; inequality ; cartogram ; China