%T Understanding the distribution of healthcare firms through demographics on a municipal scale in the Netherlands
%X The healthcare sector is vital within welfare state of the Netherlands. As the pressure on the sector increases due to trends like ageing, the availability of healthcare becomes increasingly problematic. Across the spatial environment, inequalities in availability may be further amplified. Therefore, it is vital to understand how the current distribution of healthcare firms is located and what factors influence their location behaviour. This thesis tries to fill the existing research gap in the academic literature by researching the healthcare firm distribution on a municipal scale within the Netherlands. To accomplish this, aggregated LISA data on healthcare firms is tested within multiple multilinear regressions against several demographic indicators. The results show, that the distribution of healthcare firms can mainly be explained by total population and degree of urbanisation within a municipality. Additionally, healthcare firms in general locate in municipalities with a higher educated population. Surprisingly, the effect of the amount of elderly was negative in regard to the amount of healthcare firms. As the results of the quantitative analysis for both elderly and high educated population in relation to healthcare firm location are not conclusive. It is recommended additional case studies are conducted on both topics in the future.
%D 2022
%L theses_frw4153
%A Tom te Rijdt