Analysis on Equity of Equipment Allocation of Community Health Services in Wuhan City.

Objectives To investigate the status of equipment allocation among the seven districts of Wuhan City and analyse the equity of allocation. Methods All of community health service(CHS)organizations were investigated by using questionnaires, and the Lorenz Curve and Gini Coefficient were applied to analyze the equity of equipment allocation according to the population and geography. Results For CHS centers, the equity is quite well according to population, but for the equipments that valued 1 000 to 5 000 Yuan and more than 10000 Yuan, the Gini coefficient according to geography were 0.4073 and 0.4017 respectively. For CHS stations, the equity is not so good, the Gini coefficient of the equipments that valued 1 000 to 5 000 Yuan and more than 10 000 Yuan according to population were 0.4437 and 0.4908 respectively, and for the equipment valued over 10 000 Yuan, Gini coefficient even reached 0.5840. Regarding to different districts, Jiangan district is lack of all kinds of equipments, however, for Qingshan district, the allocation is relatively reasonable and with balance.