Inequality of Paediatric Workforce Distribution in China
| Autor: | Peige Song, Xinlei Chang, Lin An, Zhenghong Ren, Xuebei Liu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Rural Population China paediatric workforce health human resource inequality Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Inequality Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis media_common.quotation_subject Population lcsh:Medicine Distribution (economics) Article Health Services Accessibility 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans Pediatricians 030212 general & internal medicine Healthcare Disparities Lorenz curve Human resources education media_common education.field_of_study 030505 public health Geography Gini coefficient business.industry lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Socioeconomic Factors Workforce Demographic economics Nurses Pediatric 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 13; Issue 7; Pages: 703 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 13, Iss 7, p 703 (2016) |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph13070703 |
| Popis: | Child health has been addressed as a priority at both global and national levels for many decades. In China, difficulty of accessing paediatricians has been of debate for a long time, however, there is limited evidence to assess the population- and geography-related inequality of paediatric workforce distribution. This study aimed to analyse the inequality of the distributions of the paediatric workforce (including paediatricians and paediatric nurses) in China by using Lorenz curve, Gini coefficient, and Theil L index, data were obtained from the national maternal and child health human resource sampling survey conducted in 2010. In this study, we found that the paediatric workforce was the most inequitable regarding the distribution of children |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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