Equity and efficiency of health resource allocation in Sichuan Province, China

From 2017 to 2021, health resources in Sichuan Province continue to grow, but equity has gotten worse. The degree of variation in the health resource allocation among the five major economic zones in Sichuan Province is large, with the Chengdu Plain Economic Zone having better equity in the health resource allocation by population and geography, and the Panxi Economic Zone and the Northwest Sichuan Economic Zone having insufficient equity in the health resource allocation by population and geography. The efficiency of health resource allocation in the Panxi Economic Zone, Northeast Sichuan Economic Zone and Northwest Sichuan Economic Zone needs to be improved.