Uneven primary healthcare supply of rural doctors and medical equipment in remote China: community impact and the moderating effect of policy intervention

• Published in: International journal for equity in health Vol. 23; no. 1; p. 97
• Main Authors: Shan, Lu, Gan, Yingying, Yan, Xiang, Wang, Shuping, Yin, Yue, Wu, Xiaofan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 13.05.2024; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Alliances; Almanacs; China; Chronic diseases; Chronic illnesses; Clinics; Community; Community environment; Counties; Data; Demographic aspects; Difference in difference model; Economic aspects; Economic conditions; Equipment and Supplies - supply & distribution; Ethnic factors; Global health; Hardware; Health care; Health care disparities; Health care policy; Health disparities; Health Policy; Health services; Health Services Accessibility - statistics & numerical data; Healthcare Disparities; Humans; Intervention; Medical equipment; Medical personnel; Multilevel model; Nurses; Physicians; Physicians - statistics & numerical data; Physicians - supply & distribution; Physiological apparatus; Population density; Prevention; Primary health care; Primary Health Care - statistics & numerical data; Primary healthcare (PHC); Public health; Regression models; Remote rural area; Resource allocation; Risk factors; Rural areas; Rural Health Services - statistics & numerical data; Rural Population - statistics & numerical data; Service capacity; Social aspects; Social inequality; Socioeconomic factors; Spatial analysis; Spatial data; Spatial distribution; Statistical analysis; Statistics; Sustainable development; Topography; Towns; Villages; China; Guizhou China; Community environment; China; Service capacity; Primary healthcare (PHC); Remote rural area; Difference in difference model; Multilevel model

Unequal access to primary healthcare (PHC) has become a critical issue in global health inequalities, requiring governments to implement policies tailored to communities' needs and abilities. However, the place-based facility dimension of PHCs is oversimplified in current healthcare literature,...