Analysis of the Characteristics of Cross-Regional Patient Groups and Differences in Hospital Service Utilization in Beijing
文献类型:期刊论文
作者 | Yang, Yu1,2; Wang, Yong1 |
刊名 | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
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出版日期 | 2022-03-01 |
卷号 | 19期号:6页码:15 |
关键词 | cross-regional patients spatial characteristics interdisciplinary hospital service utilization distance decay |
DOI | 10.3390/ijerph19063227 |
通讯作者 | Wang, Yong(wangy@igsnrr.ac.cn) |
英文摘要 | When medical diagnostic difficulties occur at local hospitals, seeking high-quality services across regions becomes a priority for many patients. Traditional statistical methods in health care are unable to account for spatial characteristics such as outflow place or distributions of disease type and patient ages in the context of an increasing number of cross-regional groups; thus, these methods are incapable of studying service utilization differences among hospitals. From a geographic perspective, we analyzed the spatial characteristics of cross-regional patient groups who travelled from other places to Beijing and the spatial decay patterns in the actual service utilization of different hospitals in Beijing by using geographic calculations, geographic visualizations, and distance decay functions. We found the following results: (1) It is feasible to study patients' cross-regional mobility from a geographical perspective. Through interdisciplinary integration, we can explore laws and conclusions that cannot be examined by traditional statistical methods in health care. (2) The characteristics of cross-regional patients who travelled from other places to Beijing were as follows: (a) Most patients came from northern China, and neoplasm treatment was the main demand of cross-regional patients; (b) patients 40-65 years old were the main cross-regional treatment group, and the average age of patients from northern regions and certain eastern coastal cities was relatively high. (3) The exponential distance decay function was the best of all five distance decay functions in fitting the distribution of cross-regional patient mobility to hospitals of different levels, types, and functional areas. The results of applying this function and the centrality calculation method showed that hospital service utilization was least affected by distance and that average radial distances (AR) were greatest in tertiary hospitals (distance decay coefficient beta = 0.0786, AR = 664.70 km), traditional Chinese medicine hospitals (beta = 0.0752, AR = 743.52 km), and hospitals in urban extension areas (beta = 0.0782, AR = 693.29 km). Our results can serve as a reference for research concerning the allocation of medical resources and patients' choices regarding medical treatment. |
WOS关键词 | DISTANCE-DECAY |
资助项目 | Major Special Project-the China High-Resolution Earth Observation System[30-Y30F06-9003-20/22] ; Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDA28050200] ; Capital's Funds for Health Improvement and Research[2021-1G-3051] |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000775259800001 |
出版者 | MDPI |
资助机构 | Major Special Project-the China High-Resolution Earth Observation System ; Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ; Capital's Funds for Health Improvement and Research |
源URL | [http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/173578] ![]() |
专题 | 中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所 |
通讯作者 | Wang, Yong |
作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, State Key Lab Resources & Environm Informat Syst, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Resources & Environm, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Yang, Yu,Wang, Yong. Analysis of the Characteristics of Cross-Regional Patient Groups and Differences in Hospital Service Utilization in Beijing[J]. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH,2022,19(6):15. |
APA | Yang, Yu,&Wang, Yong.(2022).Analysis of the Characteristics of Cross-Regional Patient Groups and Differences in Hospital Service Utilization in Beijing.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH,19(6),15. |
MLA | Yang, Yu,et al."Analysis of the Characteristics of Cross-Regional Patient Groups and Differences in Hospital Service Utilization in Beijing".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 19.6(2022):15. |
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来源:地理科学与资源研究所
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