Assessing Accessibility and Social Equity of Tertiary Hospitals for Older Adults: A City-Wide Study of Tianjin, China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Measuring Accessibility to Tertiary Hospitals
2.2. Assessing Disparities of Accessibility
2.3. Assessing Social Equity
3. Case Study
3.1. Study Area and Data Source
3.2. Results
3.2.1. Accessibility to Tertiary Hospitals within Regions
3.2.2. Accessibility to Tertiary Hospitals across Regions
3.2.3. Overall Accessibility to Tertiary Hospitals
3.2.4. Social Equity of Tertiary Hospitals
4. Discussion
4.1. Regional Comparison
4.2. Social Equity Comparison
4.3. Policy Considerations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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District | Rank | Rank | Rank | |||
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Hexi | 1 | 1 | 0.4410 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
Heping | 0.6581 | 2 | 0.9710 | 2 | 0.7154 | 2 |
Hebei | 0.5574 | 3 | 0.4165 | 6 | 0.5718 | 3 |
Hongqiao | 0.4524 | 4 | 0.6235 | 3 | 0.4881 | 4 |
Hedong | 0.4468 | 5 | 0.5836 | 4 | 0.4793 | 5 |
Beichen | 0.4047 | 6 | 0.1289 | 7 | 0.4006 | 6 |
Nankai | 0.2028 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0.2795 | 7 |
Wuqing | 0.1048 | 8 | 0.0185 | 11 | 0.1025 | 8 |
Xiqing | 0.0274 | 9 | 0.1108 | 8 | 0.0357 | 9 |
Jinnan | 0.0240 | 10 | 0.0613 | 10 | 0.0283 | 11 |
Dongli | 0.0266 | 11 | 0.0963 | 9 | 0.0306 | 10 |
Binhai | 0.0218 | 12 | 0.0111 | 13 | 0.0219 | 12 |
Jinghai | 0 | 13 | 0.0148 | 12 | 0.0012 | 13 |
Ninghe | 0 | 13 | 0.0106 | 14 | 0.0009 | 14 |
Baodi | 0 | 13 | 0.0069 | 15 | 0.0006 | 15 |
Jizhou | 0 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
CV | Moran’s I | |
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Accessibility within regions | 1.206 | 0.314 *** |
Accessibility across regions | 1.200 | 0.550 *** |
Overall accessibility | 1.171 | 0.370 *** |
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Chen, Y.; Ding, Q.; Shen, Y. Assessing Accessibility and Social Equity of Tertiary Hospitals for Older Adults: A City-Wide Study of Tianjin, China. Buildings 2022, 12, 2107. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12122107
Chen Y, Ding Q, Shen Y. Assessing Accessibility and Social Equity of Tertiary Hospitals for Older Adults: A City-Wide Study of Tianjin, China. Buildings. 2022; 12(12):2107. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12122107
Chicago/Turabian StyleChen, Yuan, Qiushi Ding, and Yinghua Shen. 2022. "Assessing Accessibility and Social Equity of Tertiary Hospitals for Older Adults: A City-Wide Study of Tianjin, China" Buildings 12, no. 12: 2107. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12122107