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Table 2 Gini coefficient and Theil L index of urban-rural health workforce from 1985 to 2011

From: Inequality trends of health workforce in different stages of medical system reform (1985-2011) in China

 

Year

Health worker

Doctor

Nurse

Health worker (including village doctor)

  

Gini

Theil L

Gini

Theil L

Gini

Theil L

Gini

Theil L

Stage 1

(1985–1992)

1985

0.304

0.192

0.313

0.204

0.420

0.368

0.163

0.059

1990

0.260

0.139

0.255

0.135

0.350

0.253

0.131

0.038

Stage 2

(1992–2000)

1995

0.196

0.079

0.187

0.073

0.280

0.160

0.071

0.011

1999

0.192

0.075

0.174

0.061

0.279

0.160

0.064

0.009

Stage 3

(2000–2005)

2000

0.187

0.071

0.166

0.056

0.271

0.150

0.059

0.007

2003

0.196

0.078

0.188

0.072

0.279

0.164

0.093

0.017

Stage 4

(2005–now)

2005

0.190

0.074

0.166

0.056

0.279

0.168

0.098

0.019

2007

0.211

0.094

0.184

0.070

0.287

0.186

0.119

0.028

2009

0.211

0.096

0.186

0.073

0.282

0.185

0.116

0.028

2011

0.210

0.097

0.191

0.080

0.267

0.171

0.116

0.028

  1. Note: data were obtained from China Health Statistics Yearbooks