Territorial Disparities in Hospital Capacity during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Romania
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
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