Spatial accessibility and equity of traditional Chinese medicine hospitals in Eastern China: application of improved two-step floating catchment area method

While Zhejiang achieves high overall SA to TCM hospitals, substantial inequities in resource allocation remain. Policy implications include targeted redistribution of high-value assets (for example, regional equipment-sharing consortia), deployment of mobile diagnostic and treatment units for remote and insular areas, incentives to attract TCM practitioners to underserved localities, and strengthening county-level service capacity to reduce intra-municipal disparities. These measures would help translate broad coverage into more equitable access to TCM services.