Webinar on Nov 21: how to tackle and prevent medical deserts with the Medical Deserts Diagnostic Tool
On November 21st, AHEAD will organise a webinar about tackling and preventing medical deserts with our Medical Deserts Diagnostic Tool, which policymakers and others can use for evidence-based policy measures to address medical deserts.
Our tool includes interactive maps that visualize indicators related to different aspects of desertification in the focus countries of our project, i.e. Italy, Moldova, the Netherlands, Romania and Serbia. For example, it shows the number of general-practitioners (GPs) in provinces in Italy, visualizing the density of GPs and therefore showing an indication of which areas (and their inhabitants) are vulnerable to the process of medical desertification.
Our tool also includes an updated working definition of medical desertification, as well as medical desertification index calculation methodology, which researchers can apply to their own research and/or context.
During our webinar on November 21st, we will:
- Share our updated working definition of medical deserts (based on our research)
- Show our Medical Deserts Diagnostic Tool and maps, and explain how researchers, policy makers and other interested parties can use these for evidence-based policy solutions to identify, tackle and prevent medical deserts.
It will be an interactive webinar with ample time for Q&A.
Moderator: Stefan Mandic-Rajcevic (data research analyst and medical doctor (University of Belgrade, Serbia)).
Representatives from the AHEAD country teams will talk about their experience with applying the Medical Deserts Diagnostic Tool in their countries.
Date: Mon November 21st, 2022
Time: 12:00 – 13:00 (CET)
Language: English
Register here: Zoom
Number of adult citizens per hospital-based Pharmacist per province – year 2020
The map shows how many inhabitants there are – at the provincial level – for each hospital- based
Pharmacist.
The colour code ranges from the lightest (the lowest number is 9883) to the darkest (the highest number is
264805).
The data refer to 2020 and the sources are the Italian Ministry of Health and Eurostat.
Number of adult citizens per hospital-based Cardiologyst per province – year 2020
The map shows how many inhabitants in the 15 – 65+ age group there are – at the provincial level – for each hospital-based Cardiologist.
The colour code ranges from the lightest (the lowest number is 3147) to the darkest (the highest number is
224706).
The data refer to 2020 and the sources are the Italian Ministry of Health and Eurostat.
Number of adult women per hospital-based Obstetrician-Gynecologist per province – year 2020
The map shows how many women in the 14 – 65+ age group there are – at the provincial level – for each
hospital-based obstetrician-gynaecologist (HB OBGYN).
The colour code ranges from the lightest (the lowest number is 2292) to the darkest (the highest number is
40565).
The data refer to 2020 and the sources are the Italian Ministry of Health and Eurostat.
Medical Deserts Network
EU Health Policy Platform
Health Workforce Projects Cluster
