Assessing equity in the distribution of high-technology medical equipment in Guangxi: Evidence from an ethnic minority region in Southern China

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Sun, Jian ^a   Gu, Hai ^b   Wen, Qiulin ^a   Luo, Hongye ^a  

^a GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Concentration index; Distribution; Equity; Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region; High technology medical equipment

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EQUIPMENT; EQUITY; ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH EQUITY; HIGH TECHNOLOGY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; MINORITY GROUP; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85019495486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-017-0568-0     Document Type: Article

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