Healthcare accessibility in preconflict Syria: a comparative spatial analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

There is scarce information about the allocation of health resources in Syria. Pre-existing inequalities were further intensified after the 2011 conflict which displaced over 50% of the population. This study provides an analysis of health inequalities in Syria focusing on spatial access to public hospitals and employs data from 2010, just prior to the outbreak of conflict. Establishing a preconflict snapshot of the health system could serve as a helpful baseline assessment for future studies to measure the impact of the conflict on the health system. Such information could also offer systematic data to guide postconflict reconstruction efforts.

Methods

We compared two methods to quantify the inpatient bed access: provider to population ratio (PPR) and two-step

SUBMITTER: Audi MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9073410 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature