The development of cross-regional medical treatment has always been a people’s livelihood security issue in China,which is also a significant footnote of common prosperity in the healthcare security undertaking.Based...The development of cross-regional medical treatment has always been a people’s livelihood security issue in China,which is also a significant footnote of common prosperity in the healthcare security undertaking.Based on the PESCT model,this study constructs an evaluation index system for the development level of cross-regional medical treatment.Using the TOPSIS method and in terms of 31 provinces data,it objectively evaluates the development level of cross-regional medical treatment from a national perspective,explores the characteristics of regional differences.Moreover,the Moran index is applied to conduct an in-depth investigation of its spatial correlation as well as the characteristics of spatio-temporal evolution.An empirical analysis is also carried out to study the influence mechanism of various influencing factors on the development level.The study finds that there are significant differences in the development level among regions in China,and a spatial agglomeration effect has emerged during the period from 2018 to 2022.Policy systems,economic conditions,social development,health concepts,and transportation conditions exert varying degrees of influence on the high-quality development level.Finally,corresponding suggestions for improving the high-quality development level of cross-regional medical treatment in China are put forward from five dimensions.展开更多
文摘The development of cross-regional medical treatment has always been a people’s livelihood security issue in China,which is also a significant footnote of common prosperity in the healthcare security undertaking.Based on the PESCT model,this study constructs an evaluation index system for the development level of cross-regional medical treatment.Using the TOPSIS method and in terms of 31 provinces data,it objectively evaluates the development level of cross-regional medical treatment from a national perspective,explores the characteristics of regional differences.Moreover,the Moran index is applied to conduct an in-depth investigation of its spatial correlation as well as the characteristics of spatio-temporal evolution.An empirical analysis is also carried out to study the influence mechanism of various influencing factors on the development level.The study finds that there are significant differences in the development level among regions in China,and a spatial agglomeration effect has emerged during the period from 2018 to 2022.Policy systems,economic conditions,social development,health concepts,and transportation conditions exert varying degrees of influence on the high-quality development level.Finally,corresponding suggestions for improving the high-quality development level of cross-regional medical treatment in China are put forward from five dimensions.
