Evaluating the coupling coordination between Healthy Beijing initiative and economic development.

Area of Science:

• Public Health
• Urban Planning
• Health Economics

Background:

• The Healthy Beijing Initiative is crucial for coordinated health-economic development.
• This study evaluates the coupling coordination between health initiatives and economic growth in Beijing.
• It addresses imbalances and spatial disparities in interactive development.

Purpose of the Study:

• To assess the coupling coordination degree between Beijing's health initiatives and economic development from 2020-2023.
• To identify and analyze spatial disparities in this coordinated development.
• To provide evidence for integrated health-economic planning in megacities.

Main Methods:

• Employed the Global Entropy Value Method for dynamic indicator weighting.
• Utilized the Coupling Coordination Degree (CCD) model to measure system interactions.
• Applied ArcGIS for spatial visualization and quantitative disparity indicators (CV, extreme ratio) for regional gap analysis.

Main Results:

• Overall coupling coordination degree increased from "basic" to "intermediate" coordination (0.68 to 0.714).
• Health status and services showed sustained "intermediate coordination," while health security and environment lagged.
• Significant spatial disparities were observed, with core urban districts achieving "high-quality coordination" and exurban areas lagging.

Conclusions:

• Targeted policies are needed to address subsystem imbalances, particularly in health security and environmental governance.
• Spatial inequities in health-economic development require focused interventions.
• The study offers empirical evidence for integrated planning, acknowledging data limitations and suggesting future qualitative research.