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Geographical detector-based assessment of multi-level explanatory powers of determinants on China’s medical-service resumption during the COVID-19 epidemic

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  • Bisong Hu
  • Sumeng Fu
  • Jin Luo
  • Hui Lin
  • Qian Yin
  • Vincent Tao
  • Bin Jiang
  • Lijun Zuo
  • Yu Meng

Abstract

Knowing the multi-level influences of determinants on medical-service resumptions is of great benefits to the policymaking for medical-service recovery at different levels of study units during the post-COVID-19 pandemic era. This article evaluated the hospital- and city-level resumptions of medical services in mainland China based on the data of location-based service (LBS) requests of mobile devices during the two time periods (December 2019 and from February 21 to March 18, 2020). We selected medical-service capacity, human movement, epidemic severity, and socioeconomic factors as the potential determinants on medical-service resumptions and then explicitly assessed their multi-level explanatory powers and the interactive effects of paired determinants using the geographical detector method. The results indicate that various determinants had different individual explanatory powers and interactive relationships/effects at different levels of medical-service resumptions. The current study provides a novel multi-level insight for assessing work resumption and individual/interactive influences of determinants, and considerable implications for regionalized recovery strategies of medical services.

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  • Bisong Hu & Sumeng Fu & Jin Luo & Hui Lin & Qian Yin & Vincent Tao & Bin Jiang & Lijun Zuo & Yu Meng, 2023. "Geographical detector-based assessment of multi-level explanatory powers of determinants on China’s medical-service resumption during the COVID-19 epidemic," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 50(7), pages 1739-1758, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirb:v:50:y:2023:i:7:p:1739-1758
    DOI: 10.1177/23998083221143122
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