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Table 1 The basic characteristics of the sampling counties

From: Longitudinal study of rural health workforce in five counties in China: research design and baseline description

County

GDP per capita (RMB)

Financial expenditure (100 million RMB)

Population (10 thousand)

Rural residents (%)

Hospital beds (per 1000 capita)

Doctors (per 1000 capita)

Changshua[34]

96,518.0

95.4

106.7

20.2

4.6

2.3

Liyanga[34]

56,784.0

33.5

78.2

19.8

2.9

1.6

Mianzhu [35]

24,533.0

5.9

51.3

74.3

4.9

1.4

Yongchuan [36]

8,191.0

6.0

36.6

43.1

11.9

3.9

Jingning [37]

3,711.0

1.2

46.5

90.4

3.0

1.2

Mean

37,947.4

28.4

63.9

41.7

4.8

2.0

China[38]

29,992.0

-

133,972.0

50.3

3.6

1.8

  1. aBecause of the similarities between Changshu and Liyang, the two counties are combined in this study. GDP, gross domestic product.