Spatial aspects of the ambulance service in Hungary

Pirisi, Gábor and Trócsányi, András (2011) Spatial aspects of the ambulance service in Hungary. Regional Statistics : journal of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office, 1. pp. 44-54. ISSN 2063-9538

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Abstract

The investigation of the structural components of human life quality (both spatial and temporal) has yielded substantial results in recent times (Bácsy & Vizi 1998, Fekete 2006, Hankiss & Manchin & Füstös 1978, Kopp & Kovács 2006). The relevance of this issue in current day Hungary is ensured by the fact that the political-social transition is prolonged and is accompanied by strengthening social and spatial polarisation. Experts in spatial planning and development have gradually recognised the importance of knowledge in this field, and the creators of concepts and plans now rely on these results. Correlations between life quality, life expectancies, health conditions, and place of residence are becoming increasingly acute; their recognition by people other than just the small community of professionals is because of the need for spatial rationalisation, which is a determining element in the structural reform of health services, and for equal opportunities. In the present study, the authors provide an account of the spatial differences in the availability of the ambulance service, this field representing a special segment of health services. Within the health system, it is a specific area in which highly appreciated changes have already taken place; the quality of services has improved, costefficiency has increased, and the availability of equal opportunities has strengthened

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