Healthcare inequities in Chinese megacities: the older adult population’s accessibility to public hospitals in suburban Shanghai
The study concludes that the inequitable accessibility to public hospitals for suburban older adults is a profound structural issue in Shanghai. Policy interventions must extend beyond simply increasing hospital numbers to address the root causes in healthcare governance and urban spatial planning to achieve health equity.
Authors
- Chunlan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0169-3019)
- Gaoxiang Gu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1705-6361)
- Shangguang Yang
- Chen Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2624-1158)
- Anni Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9059-0854)
Institutions
- East China University of Science and Technology (CN)
- Fudan University (CN)
- Education University of Hong Kong (HK)
- East China Normal University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-12-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1700098
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.20