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Song C, Fang L, Xie M, Tang Z, Zhang Y, Tian F, Wang X, Lin X, Liu Q, Xu S, Pan J. Revealing spatiotemporal inequalities, hotspots, and determinants in healthcare resource distribution: insights from hospital beds panel data in 2308 Chinese counties. BMC Public Health 2024; 24:423. [PMID: 38336709 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-17950-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Ensuring universal health coverage and equitable access to health services requires a comprehensive understanding of spatiotemporal heterogeneity in healthcare resources, especially in small areas. The absence of a structured spatiotemporal evaluation framework in existing studies inspired us to propose a conceptual framework encompassing three perspectives: spatiotemporal inequalities, hotspots, and determinants. METHODS To demonstrate our three-perspective conceptual framework, we employed three state-of-the-art methods and analyzed 10 years' worth of Chinese county-level hospital bed data. First, we depicted spatial inequalities of hospital beds within provinces and their temporal inequalities through the spatial Gini coefficient. Next, we identified different types of spatiotemporal hotspots and coldspots at the county level using the emerging hot spot analysis (Getis-Ord Gi* statistics). Finally, we explored the spatiotemporally heterogeneous impacts of socioeconomic and environmental factors on hospital beds using the Bayesian spatiotemporally varying coefficients (STVC) model and quantified factors' spatiotemporal explainable percentages with the spatiotemporal variance partitioning index (STVPI). RESULTS Spatial inequalities map revealed significant disparities in hospital beds, with gradual improvements observed in 21 provinces over time. Seven types of hot and cold spots among 24.78% counties highlighted the persistent presence of the regional Matthew effect in both high- and low-level hospital bed counties. Socioeconomic factors contributed 36.85% (95% credible intervals [CIs]: 31.84-42.50%) of county-level hospital beds, while environmental factors accounted for 59.12% (53.80-63.83%). Factors' space-scale variation explained 75.71% (68.94-81.55%), whereas time-scale variation contributed 20.25% (14.14-27.36%). Additionally, six factors (GDP, first industrial output, local general budget revenue, road, river, and slope) were identified as the spatiotemporal determinants, collectively explaining over 84% of the variations. CONCLUSIONS Three-perspective framework enables global policymakers and stakeholders to identify health services disparities at the micro-level, pinpoint regions needing targeted interventions, and create differentiated strategies aligned with their unique spatiotemporal determinants, significantly aiding in achieving sustainable healthcare development.
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- Chao Song
- HEOA Group, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- Institute for Healthy Cities and West China Research Centre for Rural Health Development, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- West China-PUMC C.C. Chen Institute of Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- HEOA Group, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- Institute for Healthy Cities and West China Research Centre for Rural Health Development, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, School of Geoscience and Technology, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- HEOA Group, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- Institute for Healthy Cities and West China Research Centre for Rural Health Development, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- HEOA Group, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- HEOA Group, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- Institute for Healthy Cities and West China Research Centre for Rural Health Development, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- HEOA Group, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- Institute for Healthy Cities and West China Research Centre for Rural Health Development, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- West China-PUMC C.C. Chen Institute of Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- HEOA Group, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- HEOA Group, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
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- HEOA Group, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
- China Center for South Asian Studies, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
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Xie L, Wang D, Xie X. Development and evaluation of an early rehabilitation nursing program for patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. Medicine (Baltimore) 2023; 102:e34991. [PMID: 37682157 PMCID: PMC10489242 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000034991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023] Open
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To develop and evaluate an early rehabilitation nursing program for patients with pulmonary tuberculosis to improve their exercise endurance, pulmonary function, and self-care ability, promote their rehabilitation, improve their quality of life, and explore the construction and application of early rehabilitation nursing program. From March 2021 to August 2022, 104 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in the improvement stage were recruited and randomly assigned to an intervention group (n = 52) and a control group (n = 52). Exercise endurance was assessed before and 12 weeks after the nursing program, and the groups were compared. Changes in pulmonary function were also analyzed. The exercise of self-care agency scale, self-rating depression scale, self-rating anxiety scale, and generic quality of life inventory-74 were used to assess differences in patients' quality of life. Patients in the intervention group performed significantly better than those in the control group in the 6-minute walking test, and had significantly higher arterial blood oxygen partial pressure and significantly lower arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide after the intervention (P < .001). After the intervention, the forced vital capacity and forced expiratory volume in 1 second in the intervention group were significantly higher than those in the control group (P < .001). After the intervention, the scores for health knowledge (P < .001), self-care skills (P = .001), self-concept (P < .001) and self-care responsibility (P = .002) of patients in the intervention group were significantly higher, and the self-rating depression scale, self-rating anxiety scale, and generic quality of life inventory-7 scores were significantly lower in the intervention group than in the control group (P < .001). This study demonstrates the clinical value of early rehabilitation nursing during the improvement period in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.
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- Lei Xie
- Medical College of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
- The Sixth People’s Hospital of Nantong, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Infection Control, The Sixth People’s Hospital of Nantong, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Nursing, The Third Hospital Affiliated to Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
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Chai J, Zhang J, Shi Y, Sun P, Wang Y, Zhou D, Dong W, Jiang L, Jia P. Spatiotemporal Patterns of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Rural Areas of Henan, China. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:15966. [PMID: 36498035 PMCID: PMC9736531 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192315966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Revised: 11/01/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The spatial patterns of adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs) are complex, vary by place, and remain not entirely clear. This study investigated spatiotemporal patterns of APOs in rural areas of Henan, China. We used data from 1,315,327 singleton pregnancies during 2013-2016 in rural areas of Henan, China, from the National Free Pre-pregnancy Checkup Program (NFPCP). A spatiotemporal analysis of APOs was conducted based on the time of conception and current address. Results of seasonality decomposed showed a slight decline in the incidence rate of APOs (12.93% to 11.27% in the compound trend) among the participants from 2013 to 2016 and also variation in annual periodicity (peaking in autumn at 12.66% and hitting bottom in spring at 11.16%). Spatial clusters of APOs were concentrated in an intersection band of northwestern to southeastern Henan Province (with a relative risk ratio ranging from 3.66 to 1.20), the northwestern and northern portion for temporal variation (having a trend in the cluster ranged from -6.25% to 83.93). This study provides an overall picture of APOs that presented downward trends over time, seasonal fluctuation, and clustered patterns across space and over time in Henan Province-the most populated province in China. The findings of this study warrant future studies to investigate underlying influential factors of spatial variation of APOs.
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- Jian Chai
- National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Birth Defects Prevention, Henan Key Laboratory of Population Defects Prevention, Henan Institute of Reproduction Health Science and Technology, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Birth Defects Prevention, Henan Key Laboratory of Population Defects Prevention, Henan Institute of Reproduction Health Science and Technology, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
- International Institute of Spatial Lifecourse Health (ISLE), Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Birth Defects Prevention, Henan Key Laboratory of Population Defects Prevention, Henan Institute of Reproduction Health Science and Technology, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Birth Defects Prevention, Henan Key Laboratory of Population Defects Prevention, Henan Institute of Reproduction Health Science and Technology, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Birth Defects Prevention, Henan Key Laboratory of Population Defects Prevention, Henan Institute of Reproduction Health Science and Technology, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Birth Defects Prevention, Henan Key Laboratory of Population Defects Prevention, Henan Institute of Reproduction Health Science and Technology, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Birth Defects Prevention, Henan Key Laboratory of Population Defects Prevention, Henan Institute of Reproduction Health Science and Technology, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
- International Institute of Spatial Lifecourse Health (ISLE), Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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Berra TZ, Ramos ACV, Arroyo LH, Delpino FM, de Almeida Crispim J, Alves YM, dos Santos FL, da Costa FBP, dos Santos MS, Alves LS, Fiorati RC, Monroe AA, Gomes D, Arcêncio RA. Risk-prone territories for spreading tuberculosis, temporal trends and their determinants in a high burden city from São Paulo State, Brazil. BMC Infect Dis 2022; 22:515. [PMID: 35655177 PMCID: PMC9161466 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-022-07500-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Objectives To identify risk-prone areas for the spread of tuberculosis, analyze spatial variation and temporal trends of the disease in these areas and identify their determinants in a high burden city. Methods An ecological study was carried out in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. The population was composed of pulmonary tuberculosis cases reported in the Tuberculosis Patient Control System between 2006 and 2017. Seasonal Trend Decomposition using the Loess decomposition method was used. Spatial and spatiotemporal scanning statistics were applied to identify risk areas. Spatial Variation in Temporal Trends (SVTT) was used to detect risk-prone territories with changes in the temporal trend. Finally, Pearson's Chi-square test was performed to identify factors associated with the epidemiological situation in the municipality. Results Between 2006 and 2017, 1760 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis were reported in the municipality. With spatial scanning, four groups of clusters were identified with relative risks (RR) from 0.19 to 0.52, 1.73, 2.07, and 2.68 to 2.72. With the space–time scan, four clusters were also identified with RR of 0.13 (2008–2013), 1.94 (2010–2015), 2.34 (2006 to 2011), and 2.84 (2014–2017). With the SVTT, a cluster was identified with RR 0.11, an internal time trend of growth (+ 0.09%/year), and an external time trend of decrease (− 0.06%/year). Finally, three risk factors and three protective factors that are associated with the epidemiological situation in the municipality were identified, being: race/brown color (OR: 1.26), without education (OR: 1.71), retired (OR: 1.35), 15 years or more of study (OR: 0.73), not having HIV (OR: 0.55) and not having diabetes (OR: 0.35). Conclusion The importance of using spatial analysis tools in identifying areas that should be prioritized for TB control is highlighted, and greater attention is necessary for individuals who fit the profile indicated as “at risk” for the disease. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12879-022-07500-5.
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