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題名 Identifying Aging Villages with Primary Care Shortages: A Geographic Information System Approach
作者 郭璨宇
Kuo, Tsanyu
貢獻者 亞太博二
關鍵詞 Aging society ; Primary care services ; GIS ; Spatial accessibility ; Spatial autocorrelation
日期 2021-05
上傳時間 16-Jun-2021 14:53:28 (UTC+8)
摘要 This study aims to identify villages with low or no public medical resources. Two counties in Taiwan— Chiayi and Yunlin—were selected for this purpose because they have the highest aging ratio in Taiwan, which could potentially lead to high demands for primary care clinics. The enhanced two-step floating catchment area method was used to calculate the potential spatial accessibility of each village. Spatial autocorrelation analysis was further used to locate spatial clusters of villages with low clinic accessibility. This study found that 45.4% of the population living in the villages in Chiayi and Yunlin had insufficient medical resources while 0.74% (8,799 people) had no access to primary care clinics at all. The study recommends that health authorities shift public medical resources from oversupplied areas (i.e., southwestern Chiayi) to shortage areas (i.e., eastern Chiayi and western Yunlin) to increase their medical resources.
關聯 Journal of Internet Technology, Vol.22, No.3, pp.615-623
資料類型 article
DOI https://doi.org/10.3966/160792642021052203011
dc.contributor 亞太博二
dc.creator (作者) 郭璨宇
dc.creator (作者) Kuo, Tsanyu
dc.date (日期) 2021-05
dc.date.accessioned 16-Jun-2021 14:53:28 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 16-Jun-2021 14:53:28 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 16-Jun-2021 14:53:28 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/135801-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) This study aims to identify villages with low or no public medical resources. Two counties in Taiwan— Chiayi and Yunlin—were selected for this purpose because they have the highest aging ratio in Taiwan, which could potentially lead to high demands for primary care clinics. The enhanced two-step floating catchment area method was used to calculate the potential spatial accessibility of each village. Spatial autocorrelation analysis was further used to locate spatial clusters of villages with low clinic accessibility. This study found that 45.4% of the population living in the villages in Chiayi and Yunlin had insufficient medical resources while 0.74% (8,799 people) had no access to primary care clinics at all. The study recommends that health authorities shift public medical resources from oversupplied areas (i.e., southwestern Chiayi) to shortage areas (i.e., eastern Chiayi and western Yunlin) to increase their medical resources.
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dc.relation (關聯) Journal of Internet Technology, Vol.22, No.3, pp.615-623
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Aging society ; Primary care services ; GIS ; Spatial accessibility ; Spatial autocorrelation
dc.title (題名) Identifying Aging Villages with Primary Care Shortages: A Geographic Information System Approach
dc.type (資料類型) article
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.3966/160792642021052203011
dc.doi.uri (DOI) https://doi.org/10.3966/160792642021052203011