Healthcare-Seeking Flows in Shanghai from Mobile Signaling Data, March 2019

March 2019 anonymized mobile signaling records reconstructing a directed, weighted healthcare-seeking flow network linking demand units with 352 hospitals in Shanghai. The dataset, authored by Qing Guo and last updated in 2026, was used to construct a Multidimensional Healthcare Access Capability Index (MHACI) integrating spatial accessibility, choice diversity, and connectivity to high-quality resources.

Use Cases

• Modeling healthcare-seeking flow networks based on anonymized mobile signaling records.
• Analyzing spatial accessibility and center-periphery gradients in healthcare access based on the constructed MHACI index.
• Estimating associations between healthcare access and demographic or economic factors using geographically weighted regression.
• Informing place-specific healthcare governance and supply-demand matching strategies for core, peri-urban, and outer suburban areas.

Strengths

• Data covers 352 hospitals in Shanghai, a major megacity.
• Analysis is based on mobile signaling records from a specific month (March 2019).
• Constructed index integrates multiple dimensions: spatial accessibility, choice diversity, and connectivity to high-quality resources.

Limitations

• Dataset scope is limited to a single month (March 2019), which may not capture seasonal or long-term trends.
• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, requiring manual inspection after download.
• The primary file is a 17.4 KB DOCX document, suggesting the dataset itself may be small or consist primarily of summary results rather than raw flow data.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Qing Guo.

Collection Method

Reconstructed from anonymized mobile signaling records.

Time Range

March 2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 05:38:42; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Shanghai, China