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Table 1 The basic characteristics of sampling counties

From: How China’s new health reform influences village doctors’ income structure: evidence from a qualitative study in six counties in China

Geographical location regions

County

Num of village doctors interviewed

GDP per capita (RMB)

The proportion of rural population (%)

Farmers’ per capita income (RMB)

Hospital beds (per 1,000 capita)

Doctors (per 1,000 capita)

Village doctors (per 1,000 rural residents)

South-eastern China

Changshu in JiangSu Province

9

123,882a

61.67a

19,467a

4.55b

2.99b

1.16b

Middle China

Xichuan in HeNan Province

8

41,690a

79.08a

13,487b

1.09b

1.60b

1.21c

Middle China

Xinjian in JiangXi Province

10

44,925a

77.36a

9,018a

2.27a

1.29b

1.53b

North-eastern China

Acheng in HeiLongJiang Province

7

42,211a

59.10a

9,817a

2.51b

1.23b

1.37c

South-Western China

Pingchang in SiChuan Province

8

9,524a

80.49a

6,115a

1.60a

1.60a

1.94b

North-western China

Maiji in GanSu Province

7

19,586a

53.21a

3,825a

2.97b

1.35c

1.60c

  1. Source: aData from the Statistical Communique of sampling counties on the 2012 National Economic and Social Development.
  2. bOnline data (in 2012) published by the health bureaus of sampling counties.
  3. cData (in 2012) provided by the health bureaus of sampling counties.