使用地理信息系统分析瓦卡亚马县药房的可访问性和功能
Satoki Kajimoto1, Shota Suzuki1, Hiroshi Okada1
1Department of Social & Community Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wakayama Medical University.
概括
瓦卡亚马县的药房可用性显示了区域差异,尽管总体密度较高,但在某些地区服务可用性较低. 解决这些差距对于公平的医疗保健资源分配至关重要.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健地理 医疗保健地理
- 制药服务 研究 研究 医药服务
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 药房的可访问性对于医疗保健资源的分配和识别区域差异至关重要.
- 之前的研究还没有全面分析药店的地理分布.
研究的目的:
- 检查瓦卡亚马县药房的地理可访问性和功能.
- 评估一个县内的药房服务的区域差异.
主要方法:
- 瓦卡亚马县药房,医院和诊所的横截面研究 (2024年11月 - 2025年3月).
- 利用地理信息系统 (GIS) 来评估药房服务区域和人口覆盖率.
- 分析了药房与人口的比例,营业时间,药剂师数量和特定功能.
主要成果:
- 药房集中在北部和沿海地区.
- 在800米的服务半径内,人口覆盖率存在显著的区域差异 (瓦卡亚马医疗区的69.4%,戈博医疗区的35.6%).
- 在24小时服务和家庭处方方面发现的差异超过20%.
结论:
- 尽管越过了全国平均药房密度,但瓦卡亚马县由于内部区域差异而面临着持续的可访问性挑战.
- 医疗资源的公平分配需要解决这些已识别的药房可访问性的区域差距.
- 未来的研究应该包括对当地居民需求的评估,以指导服务改进.
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