Equity Atlas

أطلس العدالة الصحية

Health resource equity scores across governorates (0-100 scale)

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Overall Equity Score by Governorate

#1

Musandam

66
Beds
100
Hospitals
100
Centres
28
Access
0
Stress
100
#2

Al Wusta

56
Beds
34
Hospitals
86
Centres
100
Access
20
Stress
40
#3

Muscat

51
Beds
77
Hospitals
9
Centres
34
Access
100
Stress
35
#4

Dhofar

32
Beds
38
Hospitals
32
Centres
23
Access
24
Stress
45
#5

Al Buraymi

28
Beds
28
Hospitals
20
Centres
20
Access
21
Stress
53
#6

Ad Dakhliyah

25
Beds
26
Hospitals
11
Centres
14
Access
38
Stress
38
#7

Adh Dhahirah

24
Beds
26
Hospitals
6
Centres
26
Access
27
Stress
34
#8

Ash Sharqiyah South

21
Beds
21
Hospitals
11
Centres
15
Access
21
Stress
38
#9

Ash Sharqiyah North

20
Beds
29
Hospitals
28
Centres
14
Access
10
Stress
19
#10

Al Batinah North

13
Beds
7
Hospitals
0
Centres
0
Access
29
Stress
30
#11

Al Batinah South

6
Beds
0
Hospitals
7
Centres
3
Access
22
Stress
0

Methodology

The equity score is a composite of five normalized dimensions: Beds (government hospital beds per 10,000), Hospitals (government hospitals per 100,000 — proxy for physician access, since per-governorate doctor counts are unavailable), Centres (health centres per 100,000 — proxy for primary/nursing care density), Access (pharmacies and medical centres per 10,000), and Stress (inverse of bed-weighted average occupancy — larger hospitals carry proportionally more weight). Each dimension is min-max normalized to 0-100 across governorates, then averaged for the overall score. Higher scores indicate more equitable resource distribution relative to other governorates.