Study on division of China’s health region
10.-3969/j.-issn.-1674-2982.-2015.-05.-001
- VernacularTitle:我国卫生区域划分研究
- Author:
Ju HUANG
;
Ning ZHUANG
;
Tao DAI
;
Lu ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Health region;
Principal component analysis;
Factor analysis;
Clustering
- From:
Chinese Journal of Health Policy
2015;(5):1-7
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:Development of health resources is extremely uneven in China. It is need to consider the situation of each region for China 's health regional planning, so area classification should be in progress. Methods Considering the economic, social, population and health factors, the study conducted principal component analysis and factor analysis by statistical yearbook data to calculate the composite score for each region. Then cluster analysis was conducted. Results Principal components and factor analysis were both divided the country in to six categories. Conclusions:The study divided the country into six regions, the first class area:Shanghai, Beijing;the second class area:Tianjin; the third class area: Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong; the fifth class area: Guangxi, Ningxia, Xin-jiang, Gansu, Guizhou, Yunnan, Qinghai;the sixth class area:Tibet. The rest is the forth class area.
