Prefecture-Level Surgical Volumes and Regional Disparity Indices

Prefecture-level surgical volumes per 100,000 population and regional disparity indices. The dataset is hosted on figshare and was authored by Teruna Shiga. It was last updated on April 24, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional disparities in surgical care access based on disparity indices
• Map surgical service density across prefectures based on per capita volumes
• Benchmark prefecture-level surgical capacity against population needs

Strengths

• Data is structured at the prefecture-level administrative unit
• Metrics include surgical volumes normalized per 100,000 population
• Includes regional disparity indices for comparative analysis

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• The dataset is very small (5.5 KB), suggesting limited scope

Provenance

Source

figshare

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-24 17:40:48; freshness should be verified

Geography

Prefecture-level regions