Universal health coverage (UHC) has been identified as a priority for the global health
agenda. In 2009, the Chinese government launched a new round of healthcare reform …

Popular concepts in urban planning, like the 15-minute city, suggest that everyday services
should be accessible to everyone within “walking distance”. However, walking distance is …

Urban green space (UGS) has positive impacts on people's physical and mental health.
Equal access to UGS for all people, regardless of their individual characteristics, is key to the …

The inequity of access to healthcare services is still one of the most long-lasting problems
confronted by worldwide countries. Under such context where maldistributed healthcare …

Population demand, healthcare resourcing, and transportation linkage are considered as
major determinants of spatial access to health care. Temporal changes of the 3 determinants …

Background Choosing the appropriate definition of rural area is critical to ensuring health
resources are carefully targeted to support the communities needing them most. This study …

In 2015, the Chinese government implemented referral reform in its hierarchical medical
system by adjusting the reimbursement rules of medical insurance, in order to guide …

A key step to the establishment of a tiered healthcare system is equitable access to basic
primary healthcare services for all. However, no quantitative research on the national status …

As accessibility becomes an increasingly relevant concept in the analysis of sustainable
transport and urban development, the accuracy of accessibility measures becomes …

Introduction Despite policy measure to strengthen and promote primary care, Chinese
patients increasingly choose to access higher level hospitals. The resulting overcrowding at …