本研究的實證發現，乳癌死亡率長期而言不存在空間聚集的現象，在需求面因素有老年人口比率與人口密度為正向顯著相關，說明老年人口比率愈高或人口密度愈高的鄉鎮其乳癌死亡率愈高，供給面因素僅有大型醫院的虛擬變數為正向顯著相關，說明有大型醫院的鄉鎮其乳癌發生率愈高。而乳癌發生率長期存在空間聚集的現象，需求面因素有家戶所得與人口密度為正向顯著相關，說明家戶所得愈高或人口密度愈高的鄉鎮其乳癌發生率愈高，供給面因素有每萬人口醫生數與大型醫院的虛擬變數為正向顯著相關，說明醫生數愈多或有大型醫院的鄉鎮其乳癌發生率愈高。本研究從以上實證結果推論臺灣長期而言存在地域性的健康不平等。;There is health inequality in Taiwan over a long period of time because of the demand factors and supply factors. Therefore, This study want to analyze health inequality caused by them. The research subjects are breast cancer patients. We use the demands factors, supply side factors, the breast cancer death rate and the rate of occurrence of breast cancer in towns in 1999, 2000, 2006 and 2010. We consider that there is an effect between towns so that we use spatial models to solve spatial bias.
The result is that there isn′t spatial clustering on the breast cancer death rate. On the demand variables, the rate of elderly population and the population density have a significantly positive correlation to breast cancer death rate. On the supply variables, only the dummy variable of large-scaled hospitals has a significantly positive correlation to breast cancer death rate. On the other hand, there is spatial clustering on the rate of occurrence of breast cancer. On the demand variables, the household income and the population density have a significantly positive correlation to the rate of occurrence of breast cancer. On the supply variables, the doctors per ten thousands population and the dummy variable of large-scaled hospitals have a significantly positive correlation to the rate of occurrence of breast cancer. According to the results, we can infer that the geographic health inequality exist in Taiwan over a long period of time.
