Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, Shandong, China.
Institute for Medical Dataology, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250000, Shandong, China.
Sci Rep. 2024 May 17;14(1):11258. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-61484-7.
Improving access to HIV/AIDS healthcare services is of great concern to government and policymakers striving to strengthen overall public health. How to reasonably allocate HIV/AIDS healthcare resources and maximize the equality of access to healthcare services across subdistrict areas has become an urgent problem to be solved. However, there is limited research on this topic in China. It is necessary to evaluate spatial accessibility to improve the accessibility and equity of HIV/AIDS healthcare services. In this study, the improved multi-modal two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) and inverted 2SFCA (i2SFCA) methods are used to measure the spatial accessibility of HIV/AIDS healthcare services and the crowdedness of the healthcare sites in Shandong Province, China. Then, the theoretical supply and the optimal spatial distribution of resources are calculated and visualized by minimizing the accessibility gaps between demand locations. This study showed that the spatial accessibility of HIV/AIDS service resources in Shandong Province was concentrated and unevenly distributed, and the accessibility scores in the marginal areas of prefecture-level cities were significantly lower than those in other areas. Regions with a large number of doctors had significantly higher levels of spatial accessibility. The ART accessibility scores in the southwest of Shandong Province were higher than those in other regions. As the travel friction coefficient increased, the accessibility scores formed an approximately circular cluster distribution centered on the healthcare sites in geographical distribution. More ART drugs needed to be supplied in marginal areas and more doctors were needed to work on HIV/AIDS in urban areas to address the spatial distribution imbalance of HIV/AIDS healthcare services. This study profoundly analyzed the spatial accessibility of HIV/AIDS healthcare services and provided essential references for decision-makers. In addition, it gives a significant exploration for achieving the goal of equal access to HIV/AIDS healthcare services in the future.
提高艾滋病医疗服务的可及性是政府和政策制定者关注的重点,他们努力加强整体公共卫生。如何合理分配艾滋病医疗资源,最大限度地实现各社区艾滋病医疗服务的平等可及性,已成为亟待解决的问题。然而,中国在这一领域的研究还很有限。有必要评估空间可达性,以提高艾滋病医疗服务的可及性和公平性。本研究采用改进的多模式两步浮动捕获区(2SFCA)和逆 2SFCA(i2SFCA)方法,测量了中国山东省艾滋病医疗服务的空间可达性和医疗点的拥挤程度。然后,通过最小化需求点之间的可达性差距,计算和可视化理论供应和资源的最优空间分布。研究结果表明,山东省艾滋病服务资源的空间可达性集中且分布不均,地级市边缘地区的可达性得分明显低于其他地区。医生数量较多的地区具有更高的空间可达性。山东省西南部的艾滋病治疗(ART)可达性得分较高。随着旅行摩擦系数的增加,可达性得分形成了一个以地理分布上的医疗点为中心的近似圆形集群分布。在边缘地区需要提供更多的抗逆转录病毒治疗药物,在城市地区需要更多的医生来治疗艾滋病,以解决艾滋病医疗服务空间分布不平衡的问题。本研究深入分析了艾滋病医疗服务的空间可达性,为决策者提供了重要参考。此外,为未来实现艾滋病医疗服务平等可及性的目标提供了重要的探索。
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