Territorial Disparities in Hospital Capacity during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Romania
Territorial Disparities in Hospital Capacity during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Romania
Author(s): Anca Monica Marin, Manuela Sofia StănculescuSubject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Health and medicine and law, Welfare services
Published by: Centrul de Studiere a Populaţiei
Keywords: hospital bed capacity; anesthesia and intensive care; chronic illness; COVID-19 pandemic; Romania; territorial discrepancies; GDP per capita; county; typology of access; longitudinal analysis;
Summary/Abstract: This article examines territorial inequalities in health resources in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. The typology built differentiates between the following four categories: (1) counties that succeeded in ensuring good access to both COVID-19 patients and patients with chronic illness; (2) counties with good access to COVID-19 patients but rather low access to patients with chronic illness; (3) counties with mixed situations and (4) poor access for COVID-19 patients and patients with chronic illness. Counties that succeeded in providing good access for both categories of patients are to a significantly greater extent from counties with high GDP per capita
Journal: Romanian Journal of Population Studies
- Issue Year: 16/2022
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 95-120
- Page Count: 26
- Language: English
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