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The research aims to explore spatial disparities in rural healthcare through the lens of edge villages.

Study on edge villages based on cross-region healthcare-seeking behavior

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Analysis reveals significant spatial disparities in rural healthcare, suggesting policies for resource allocation fairness.

The research aims to explore spatial disparities in rural healthcare through the lens of edge villages.
Used Liannan Yao Autonomous County as a case study.
Employed complex network community detection to identify edge villages.
Applied an institution-behavior-space integrative framework combining literature analysis and field surveys.
Selected key indicators using Elastic Net regression and analyzed them with mixed logit models.
Identified systematic misalignment between healthcare service areas and administrative divisions.
Highlighted key factors such as service accessibility and resource quality affecting healthcare-seeking behavior.
Demonstrated the effectiveness of the edge village concept in interpreting healthcare resource disparities.

Liu et al. (2025) studied this question.

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