Allocation of medical resources and residents' health seeking behavior reflect the supply and demand perspectives of a medical system, respectively. The relevant research is of great significance to promote the equalization of basic public service and solve the structural contradiction between supply and demand of medical resources. The issue of accessibility to medical resources has attracted much attention in geography for a long time, while little research has focused on the health seeking behavior. Moreover, health seeking behavior from a spatial perspectiveis relatively insufficient in medical science and public health. This study reviews the existing research on accessibility to medical resources and health seeking behavior in geography and medical science. In addition,it constructs a “space-health care seeking-health” research frameworkwith theories of human geography and urban planning, and methodology of behaviorism, accessibility models, and decision-making models of health seeking behavior. It attempts to explore the relationship among accessibility to medical resources, health seeking behavior and health from the individual level, so as to provide aresearch basis for the follow-up study.

medical facility  /  medical seeking space  /  behavioral geography  /  equalization of public services  /  health