Planning hierarchical hospital service areas for maternal care using a network optimization approach:A case study in Hubei,China  

利用网络优化方法划分生育服务的层级型医疗服务区——以湖北省为例

作　　者：TAO Zhuolin CHENG Yang BAl Lingyao FENG Ling WANG Shaoshuai 陶卓霖;程杨;白灵瑶;冯玲;王少帅(Faculty of Geographical Science,Beijing Normal University,Beijing 100875,China;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,Tongji Hospital,Tongji Medical College,Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Wuhan 430074,China)

机构地区：[1]Faculty of Geographical Science,Beijing Normal University,Beijing 100875,China [2]Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,Tongji Hospital,Tongji Medical College,Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Wuhan 430074,China

出　　处：《Journal of Geographical Sciences》2022年第12期2577-2598,共22页地理学报（英文版）

基　　金：National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.41671497。

摘　　要：Improving maternal health is one of the Sustainable Development Goals.Hospital service areas(HSAs),which contain most hospitalization behaviors at the local scale,are crucial for health care planning.However,little attention has been given to HSAs for maternal care and the hierarchy structure.Considering Hubei,central China,as a case study,this study aims to fill these gaps by developing a method for delineating hierarchical HSAs for maternal care using a network optimization approach.The approach is driven by actual patient flow data and has an explicit objective to maximize the modularity.It also establishes the hierarchical structure of maternal care HSAs,which is fundamental for the planning of hierarchical maternal care and referral systems.In our case study,45 secondary HSAs and 22tertiary HSAs are delineated to achieve maximal modularity.The HSAs perform well in terms of indices such as the Localization Index and Market Share Index.Furthermore,there is a complementary relationship between secondary and tertiary hospitals,which suggests the need for referral system planning.This study can provide evidence for the validity of the HSA and the planning of maternal care HSAs in China.It also provides transferable methods for planning hierarchical HSAs in other developing countries.

关 键 词：hospital service areas hierarchical structure network optimization MODULARITY maternal care 

分 类 号：R473.71[医药卫生—护理学]