Priority Criteria for Community-Based Care Resource Allocation for Health Equity: Socioeconomic Status and Demographic Characteristics in the Multicriteria Decision-Making Method

Abstract

SDG 10 stipulates that inequality within and between countries can be reduced by governmental policies that focus on the allocation of fiscal resources and social protection strategies to improve equity. The sustainability of community-based care stations is a crucial support network for achieving the goal of active aging. Unequal allocation would occur only if the populations of administrative districts are considered. Comprehensive policies, in accordance with data and sustainable goals, must consider multiple factors. Hence, this study used multicriteria decision making (MCDM) to investigate how nine criteria-related socioeconomic statuses (SES) and demographic characteristics are prioritized in community resource and funding allocation. Thirty-four community care and aging experts were invited to complete a questionnaire based on the modified Delphi method and the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) method. The assessment criteria for the allocation of community resources are prioritized in the following order: disability level, age, household composition, identity of social welfare, family income, ethnicity, marital status, educational attainment, and gender. Quantitative indices can be used to determine the importance of resource allocation policymaking. The benefit of this study lies in decision makers’ application of ranking and weighting values in public funding allocation ratios for community-based care resources for health equity in Taiwan.

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