About the author:
Dengwang Yao,Master’s degree, graduated from the School of Life Sciences
of Central South University, and obtained a master’s degree in library
and information science. Now he is working in Nanjing City Vocational
College as a researcher in the Scientific Research Department,
specializing in information analysis.The first author and corresponding
author of this article.
Correspondence: 867672616@qq.com、2022011@ncc.edu.cn
RuiYang Yu,Master’s degree, studying in the School of Life Sciences of
Central South University, Master of Library and Information Science,
majoring in medical archives analysis.The second author of this article.
JuanJuan Liu,Master’s degree, graduated from School of Life Sciences,
Central South University, Master of Library and Information
Science,Research direction is information measurement and library
construction.Third author of this article.She is now a library
researcher at Zhejiang Tourism Vocational College.
Rong Zhang,Master’s degree graduated from Southeast University, majoring
in Marx theory, and now serves as an intermediate teacher of Nanjing
City Vocational College. His research direction is Marxist theory.
working relationship:All four are members of the research team, who
complete the research project by division of labor. During the epidemic,
they mainly wrote online cooperation and communication.
Source of funds :Research related expenditure is supported by
Nanjing City Vocational College.
Description of conflict of interest: The above authors promise
that there is no conflict of interest in any form.
Abstract: Objective: To explore the distribution and difference
of medical resources among 31 provinces (municipalities) in China.
Methods and process: According to the health resource indicators of 31
provinces in China Health Statistical Yearbook and China Statistical
Yearbook, we described and analyzed the total amount of medical and
health resources, per capita medical and health resources and
high-quality medical resources. By using cluster analysis and RSR
(Rank-sum ratio) comprehensive evaluation method, the difference of
medical resources among 31 provinces in China in 2020 was calculated,
and the medical resources of each province were classified, compared and
analyzed to describe the difference. Results and conclusions:(1) From
the perspective of total medical resources, the total medical resources
in the western region are far less than those in the eastern region,
showing a situation of ”more in the east and less in the west”.
Provinces with large populations have large medical resources. Developed
cities such as Beijing and Shanghai have great advantages in medical and
health financial resources, while provinces in remote areas are
extremely backward in human, material and financial
resources.(2)Unbalanced distribution of high-quality medical resources:
tertiary hospitals are mainly concentrated in eastern and central China.
The number and scale of tertiary hospitals in western China are
obviously backward. China’s top 100 hospitals are mainly distributed in
the first tier and economically developed cities. Beijing, Shanghai and
Guangzhou accounted for half of the top 100 hospitals. Nearly half of
China’s provinces have no hospitals on the ”Top 100” list. (3) Per
capita medical resources vary greatly. The per capita level of medical
resources in the three northeastern provinces (Inner Mongolia, Qinghai,
Sichuan, Beijing and Shanghai) is relatively high. The per capita level
of medical resources in Anhui, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Ningxia and other
provinces is low.
Keywords : Medical resources; Difference analysis; resource
distribution