Disparities in Healthcare Services and Spatial Assessments of Mobile Health Clinics in the Border Regions of Thailand

Sritart, Hiranya; Tuntiwong, Kuson; Miyazaki, Hiroyuki; Taertulakarn, S.

doi:10.3390/ijerph182010782

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“…Measuring the difficulty of access in really underserved regions, on the other hand, is a vital step in planning and implementing healthcare policy to improve those services and give additional assistance. Despite the existence of approaches and tools for modeling healthcare accessibility, the complexity of data makes it difficult to comprehend at the local level for focused program implementation (Sritart et al, 2021).…”

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Usefulness of volunteer urgent mobile health clinics in improving cost-effective healthcare in the Al-Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia

Almutairi

2022

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Mobile clinics are generally customized vehicles equipped with important medical equipment and staff to provide primary health services for populations at risk, enforce disease prevention, and improve access to chronic health management, at reduced costs. The present study evaluated the usefulness and effectiveness of volunteer mobile clinics in providing healthcare in different medical specialties in rural area hospitals in Saudi Arabia. The study also estimated the cost of providing such healthcare facilities and stakeholder satisfaction through the use of a standardized questionnaire. A total of 1299 patients attended the 36 mobile clinics’ setup with 39 volunteer consultants in five hospitals namely Al- Nabahanyah, Abanat, Qibah, and Qusiba. The age of the patients ranged between 1 to 80 years. The average cost per patient was reduced to 150 SAR which is 25% lesser than that of the national average cost of consultation (200 SAR). Based on the survey results it was seen that the overall satisfaction of patient services offered by mobile is very high (87.4%) while it ranged between 80-95% in different hospitals. However, the response rate was very low and ranged between 16-31% while the average response rate was 21.8%.

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Usefulness of volunteer urgent mobile health clinics in improving cost-effective healthcare in the Al-Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia

Almutairi

2022

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“…This led to targeted interventions using MHCs to reach underserved populations, effectively bridging the gap in healthcare service delivery. These clinics not only address physical accessibility challenges but also provide a platform for overcoming various non-spatial barriers to healthcare, such as financial costs, linguistic and cultural barriers, and psychological intimidations, by fostering trusting provider-client relationships and enabling healthcare delivery in familiar community settings [44]. These case studies underline the importance of leveraging spatial data and GIS technologies in enhancing healthcare accessibility and equity.…”

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A Critical Evaluation of Government Role in Spatial Data Infrastructures for Healthcare Decision-Making

Akingbemisilu

2024

JPPA

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This study critically examines the government's pivotal role in promoting and regulating Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs), with a special focus on the healthcare sector. Through an in-depth analysis of global practices, our research highlights the indispensable value of SDIs in enhancing healthcare decision-making, emergency management, and public health monitoring by facilitating the integration and analysis of geospatial and healthcare data. Despite the evident benefits, the integration of diverse geospatial data sources poses significant challenges, including issues of data standardization, privacy, and interoperability across various stakeholders. Our findings underscore the balance governments must achieve in promoting SDI growth while ensuring data security, privacy, and open access. The study draws on a comprehensive review of literature and case studies to explore the effectiveness of current government strategies in advancing SDI capabilities, while also addressing the ethical considerations and potential barriers to innovation that stringent regulation might impose. By advocating for a collaborative ecosystem that supports data standardization alongside flexibility for innovation, this paper aims to provide insights into how governments can optimize the utility of spatially enabled data in healthcare and beyond. Our conclusion calls for strategic government action to promote a balanced approach to SDI governance, highlighting the importance of public-private partnerships, robust data security frameworks, and the fostering of an environment conducive to data sharing and innovation. This research contributes to the discourse on the critical intersection of technology, healthcare decision-making, and governance, offering valuable recommendations for policymakers, healthcare professionals, and stakeholders in the digital and geospatial domains.

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“…In addition, geographical distance is an important factor affecting the spatial accessibility of healthcare service, and geographical accessibility is recognized as an important component in assessing the overall accessibility of healthcare service and a fundamental goal in meeting residents' health needs. With the rise of the geographic information system (GIS), spatial analysis of healthcare demand, allocation, utilization, and accessibility in the healthcare delivery process has been extensively studied ( 20 – 23 ).…”

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Spatio-Temporal Disparity and Driving Forces of the Supply Level of Healthcare Service in the Yangtze River Delta

2022

Front. Public Health

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The equalization of healthcare supply is not only related to the people's need for a better life, but can also provide a strong guarantee for the high-quality and sustainable development of the Yangtze River Delta integration. By using exploratory spatial analysis techniques, this study analyzed the spatio-temporal evolution characteristics and heterogeneous influence effects of the supply level of healthcare service in the Yangtze River Delta from 2007 to 2019. It was found that the supply level of healthcare service in the Yangtze River Delta had improved significantly. The differences in the supply level of healthcare service between cities had tended to narrow without polarization, and the supply level of healthcare service generally showed a high spatial pattern in the south delta and low spatial pattern in the north delta. The higher the supply level of healthcare service was, the weaker the interannual variability was. The supply level of healthcare service in the Yangtze River Delta region presented obvious spatial association and differentiated tendency of local high and low spatial clusters. The relative length and curvature of the supply level of healthcare service in the Yangtze River Delta generally presented a spatial pattern with low values in the northeast and high values in the southwest. Population density and urban-rural income gap generally exhibited negative spatio-temporal impact on the supply level of healthcare service across most cities. On the other hand, urbanization level and per capita disposable income generally had positive spatio-temporal impact on the supply level of healthcare service across most cities. Per capita gross domestic product (GDP) showed an increasingly positive spatio-temporal impact on the supply level of healthcare service across most cities. While per capita fiscal expenditure exhibited significantly negative impact on the supply level of healthcare service across most cities in space.

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Disparities in Healthcare Services and Spatial Assessments of Mobile Health Clinics in the Border Regions of Thailand

Cited by 10 publications

References 81 publications

Usefulness of volunteer urgent mobile health clinics in improving cost-effective healthcare in the Al-Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia

Usefulness of volunteer urgent mobile health clinics in improving cost-effective healthcare in the Al-Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia

A Critical Evaluation of Government Role in Spatial Data Infrastructures for Healthcare Decision-Making

Spatio-Temporal Disparity and Driving Forces of the Supply Level of Healthcare Service in the Yangtze River Delta

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