通过印度的教育机构提供负担得起的牙科护理服务的地理分布:一项基于GIS的全国级地图研究
Varkey Nadakkavukaran Santhosh1,2, Arshad Ahmed1,2, Rhea Vas3
1Department of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur, India.
Journal of oral biology and craniofacial research
|August 11, 2025
概括
地理信息系统 (GIS) 地图显示,印度各地的牙科大学分布存在显著差异. 这突显了在获得负担得起的牙科教育和护理方面的不平等,特别是在农村地区.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 地理信息系统 (GIS) 是指地理信息系统.
背景情况:
- 负担得起的牙科护理服务在印度是一个重大挑战,特别是在农村和服务不足的地区.
- 牙科学院及其教学医院对于提供低成本的牙科医疗保健至关重要.
- 了解这些机构的空间分布对于公平的医疗保健规划至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估印度各地牙科院校分布的地理差异.
- 评估研究生牙科专业的分布不均.
- 为口腔卫生服务提供公平的医疗保健规划提供信息.
主要方法:
- 使用印度牙科委员会 (印度牙科委员会) 的数据进行横截面描述性分析 (2025年1月至4月).
- 329所公认的牙科学院及其研究生课程的地理编码.
- 使用ArcGIS进行空间分析,补充人口普查和政府数据;统计分析包括千平方测试.
主要成果:
- 在牙科院校和研究生专业的分布上观察到显著的地理差异.
- 像北方邦和比哈尔这样人口密的州显示,政府牙科机构的存在很低.
- 南方地区,特别是卡纳塔克邦,有更高的机构度,主要是私人机构.
结论:
- 基于国家地理信息系统的绘图显示,在通过教育机构获得负担得起的牙科护理方面存在严重的地理不平等.
- 调查结果强调,需要采取战略政策干预措施,在服务不足的地区增加公共部门牙科机构.
- 印度各地获得公平的口腔卫生保健需要解决这些已识别的空间差异.
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