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Table 4 Basic information of study sites

From: Cost-effectiveness analysis of neonatal hearing screening program in china: should universal screening be prioritized?

Provinces

Beijing

Shandong

Hebei

Zhejiang

Guangdong

Henan

Jiangxi

Guangxi

Populationa

16,330,000

93,670,000

69,430,000

50,600,000

94,490,000

93,600,000

4,368,000

47,680,000

Birth rate (per 1,000)a

8.32

11.11

13.33

11.26

11.96

11.26

13.86

14.19

No. of live births per yeara

135,866

1,040,674

925,502

1,053,936

1,130,100

1,053,936

605,405

676,579

GDP per capita (Int$)b

16,644.25

7,951.80

5,684.11

10,698.20

9,479.99

4,578.86

3,612.58

3,590.28

Life expectancya

76.1

73.92

72.54

74.7

73.27

71.54

68.95

71.29

Development statusc

Developed

Developed

Developed

Developed

Developed

Moderately developed

Moderately developed

Less developed

No. of screening facilitiesa

548

1,402

1,296

722

1,154

1,341

602

553

No. of diagnosis centersa

6

17

11

11

21

17

11

14

No. of rehabilitation facilitiesa

12

14

8

8

15

10

6

5

Coverage rated

97.8%

83.3%

91.3%

83.3%

97.0%

24.5%

30.5%

50.2%

Diagnosis rated

97.4%

68.3%

60.0%

60.0%

75.0%

30.2%

48.2%

21.4%

Intervention rated

77.1%

72.5%

76.1%

70.0%

75.0%

23.8%

33.3%

23.9%

Proportion of benefit population

73.4%

41.3%

41.7%

35.0%

54.6%

1.8%

4.9%

2.6%

  1. Data source:
  2. a: Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China [17].
  3. b: International Monetary Fund [39].
  4. c: Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China [35].
  5. d: Provincial data