Objective To analyze the coupling coordination of medical resources supply and utilization in Guangdong Province in the past five years,and to provide theoretical support for optimizing resources supply and spatial distribution and pro-moting the coordinated development of supply and utilization in Guangdong Province.Methods The supply and utilization level of medical resources in 21 cities in Guangdong Province in 2018 and 2022 were analyzed by coupling coordination model and GIS spatial analysis.Results The comprehensive level of medical resource supply in Guangdong Province increased from 0.37 to 0.45,and the comprehensive level of utilization decreased from 0.48 to 0.39.In 2018 and 2022,the medical resources supply subsystem and utilization subsystem were in a high-level coupling state,with the mean values of 0.97 and 0.96,respectively.However,the mean values of the coupling coordination degree did not change much in the past five years,0.64 and 0.63 respec-tively,and were in a moderate coordination state,showing a trend of high in the west and low in the east,and high in the north and low in the south,with spatial aggregation.Conclusion The coupling coordination degree between medical resource supply and utilization is not high,and the regional differences are obvious.In formulating policies to optimize the distribution of medical resources,attention should be paid to the coordinated development of the two subsystems,and corresponding strategies should be proposed according to the different coupling coordination degrees and lagging types of different cities and regional heterogeneity.At the same time,the advantages of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area should be taken into account to strength-en inter-regional cooperation and realize the optimal allocation of resources in different regions.
medical resourceresource supplyresource utilizationcoupling coordination