PMID- 35885884
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220731
IS  - 2227-9032 (Print)
IS  - 2227-9032 (Electronic)
IS  - 2227-9032 (Linking)
VI  - 10
IP  - 7
DP  - 2022 Jul 21
TI  - Priority Criteria for Community-Based Care Resource Allocation for Health Equity: 
      Socioeconomic Status and Demographic Characteristics in the Multicriteria 
      Decision-Making Method.
LID - 10.3390/healthcare10071358 [doi]
LID - 1358
AB  - SDG 10 stipulates that inequality within and between countries can be reduced by 
      governmental policies that focus on the allocation of fiscal resources and social 
      protection strategies to improve equity. The sustainability of community-based 
      care stations is a crucial support network for achieving the goal of active 
      aging. Unequal allocation would occur only if the populations of administrative 
      districts are considered. Comprehensive policies, in accordance with data and 
      sustainable goals, must consider multiple factors. Hence, this study used 
      multicriteria decision making (MCDM) to investigate how nine criteria-related 
      socioeconomic statuses (SES) and demographic characteristics are prioritized in 
      community resource and funding allocation. Thirty-four community care and aging 
      experts were invited to complete a questionnaire based on the modified Delphi 
      method and the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) method. The assessment criteria 
      for the allocation of community resources are prioritized in the following order: 
      disability level, age, household composition, identity of social welfare, family 
      income, ethnicity, marital status, educational attainment, and gender. 
      Quantitative indices can be used to determine the importance of resource 
      allocation policymaking. The benefit of this study lies in decision makers' 
      application of ranking and weighting values in public funding allocation ratios 
      for community-based care resources for health equity in Taiwan.
FAU - Wu, Hui-Ching
AU  - Wu HC
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1215-6913
AD  - Department of Medical Sociology and Social Work, Chung Shan Medical University, 
      Taichung 40201, Taiwan.
AD  - Social Service Section, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung 40201, 
      Taiwan.
LA  - eng
GR  - MOST 109-2410-H-040-003-SS2/Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan/
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220721
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Healthcare (Basel)
JT  - Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
JID - 101666525
PMC - PMC9322769
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - SDG 10
OT  - community-based care
OT  - health equity
OT  - health policy
OT  - multicriteria decision making
OT  - policymaking
OT  - resource allocation
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2022/07/28 06:00
MHDA- 2022/07/28 06:01
PMCR- 2022/07/21
CRDT- 2022/07/27 01:17
PHST- 2022/06/16 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/07/11 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/07/19 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/07/27 01:17 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/07/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/07/28 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/07/21 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - healthcare10071358 [pii]
AID - healthcare-10-01358 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/healthcare10071358 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Jul 21;10(7):1358. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10071358.