Spatial difference and dynamic time evolution of public health resources in China, 2012 – 2020

Abstract

ObjectiveTo analyze spatial difference and dynamic time evolution of public health resources in China, and to provide evidence for optimizing the allocation of public health resources. MethodsThe data of 2012 to 2020 on public health resources were collected from China Health and Family Planning Statistics Yearbook and the China Health Statistics Yearbook. Entropy method was used to calculate annual index of public health resource supply at provincial level; the Dagum Gini coefficient and the Kernel density estimation method were applied to examine spatial difference and dynamic time evolution of public health resources in China. ResultsDuring 2012 – 2020, the Dagum Gini coefficient for public health resource supply increased slowly from 0.2362 to 0.2786 first, and then fluctuated and decreased to 0.2409; the Kernel density estimation curves suggested that the public health resource supply in China increased sharply from 2012 to 2014, but the supply was insufficient after 2014. ConclusionThe supply of public health resources in China needs to be increased in quantity and equity among different regions.

Keywords

• public health resource
• dagum gini coefficient
• kernel density estimation
• spatial difference
• dynamic time evolution