Equity Assessment of Resources Allocation of Community Health Services in Shenzhen

Objective The paper was designed to assess the equity level of community health services resources allocation according to the population and the geography of Shenzhen.Methods Lorenz curve and Gini coefficient were applied.Results According to the population,the equity of the health manpower,organizations and equipments of community health service was better,and their Gini coefficients were 0.216,0.129 and 0.183 respectively.According to the geography,the equity of resources allocation was lower;especially the Gini coefficient of manpower was 0.459.Conclusion The equity of resource allocation of community health service in Shenzhen was good as a whole,but health policy-makers should pay more attention on the geographical equity of health manpower resource allocation.