OBJECTIVE The present study was aimed at analysing socioeconomic inequity regarding the use of health services in Ecuador, inequity regarding the geographic distribution of healthcare-related human resources and reflecting on the challenges concerning equity which the Ecuadorian health system is currently facing. METHODS The Ecuadorian Demographic, Maternal and Infant Health Survey (2004) was...

BACKGROUND In the past decade, bacillary dysentery was still a big public health problem in China, especially in Guangxi Province, where thousands of severe diarrhea cases occur every year. METHODS Reported bacillary dysentery cases in Guangxi Province were obtained from local Centers for Diseases Prevention and Control. The 14 socio-economic indexes were selected as potential explanatory var...

Regional disparity is one of the challenges faced by Indonesian government in developing Indonesia. has a focus on increasing equitable development with physical and non-physical connectivity through 2015-2019 RPJMN III. In another hand, allocation capital or investment between regions can trigger reduce regional disparity. This study aims to determine role technology, transportation infrastruc...

BACKGROUND Few studies have investigated the association between radon and thyroid cancer despite the sensitivity of the thyroid gland to radiation. Our goal is to investigate the association between county-level radon and incidence of female thyroid cancer in the US States of Iowa, New Jersey, and Wisconsin. METHODS Thyroid cancer incidence data were provided by individual state cancer regis...

In the context of sustainable development and dual-carbon construction, in order to clarify future changes land use carbon storage GBA, this study used PLUS InVEST models as well Geoda software simulate predict spatial pattern stocks GBA 2030 under multiple scenarios. The results show that (1) From 1990 2020, decreased year by year. (2) 2030, except for EPS, prediction values remaining scenario...

East Java Province has the fourth-highest number of COVID-19 cases among all other provinces Indonesia. This study aimed to examine spatial effect on confirmed and risk factors. Data were analyzed using Geoda software obtain Global Moran’s Index Local Spatial Autocorrelation (LISA) QGIS 2.8.1 make a map. I scatter plots also used exploring bivariate association between potential predictors. The...

Rapid urbanization has caused numerous problems, and the urban spatial structure has been a hot topic in sustainable development management. Urban spatial structure is affected by a series of factors. Thus, the research model should synthetically consider the spatial and non-spatial relationship of every element. Here, we propose an extended Voronoi diagram for exploring the urban land spatial ...

Relevance. The rapid growth in the value of intangible resources brings up a problem managing innovative development and evaluating intellectual capital. Intellectual capital is essential for socio-economic countries regions. Research objectives. key objective this study to develop an approach evaluate balance structural components regional Data methods. proposed has been tested on data from 75...

The imbalance between urban and rural development the eastern western regions in Sichuan Province is a prominent issue, revitalization strategy strategic opportunity to achieve high-quality province. foundation of lies industrial prosperity, which mainly depends on leading industries. To study relationship industries economic factors, innovation regional space, paper selected added value primar...