Since the millennium, there has been a significant improvement in global population health. However, since 2015, the pace of expanding access to basic healthcare has slowed down, and inequalities still persist [1]. This established facts raise a notable question: Does the geographical distribution of medical resources tend towards convergence or divergence during the process of economic development? Since 2010, China’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has also increased from around $300 in 1980 [5] to $12,741 in 2022.