Assessing spatial inequality in cancer service access in regional areas

This paper applies economic concepts from measuring income inequality to an exercise in assessing spatial inequality in cancer service access in regional areas. We propose a mathematical model for accessing chemotherapy among local government areas (LGAs). Our model incorporates a distance factor. W...

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Published in:Cogent public health 2022-12, Vol.9 (1)
Main Authors: Chan, Ka C., Williams, R. F. G., Lenard, Christopher T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cancer
Cancer services
Cancer therapies
Chemotherapy
Data collection
Economics
Health services
Income inequality
Local government
Lorenz curve
Mathematical models
Public health
Regions
Simulation
Socioeconomics
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Summary:This paper applies economic concepts from measuring income inequality to an exercise in assessing spatial inequality in cancer service access in regional areas. We propose a mathematical model for accessing chemotherapy among local government areas (LGAs). Our model incorporates a distance factor. With a simulation we report results for a single inequality measure: the Lorenz curve is depicted for our illustrative data. We develop this approach in order to move incrementally towards its application to actual data and real-world health service regions. We seek to develop the exercises that can lead policy makers to relevant policy information on the most useful data collections to be collected and modeling for cancer service access in regional areas. Inequality
ISSN:2770-7571
2770-7571
DOI:10.1080/27707571.2022.2127188