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Table 1 Group allocation of primary care institutions and characteristics (2016) of participating counties

From: Distribution of essential medicines to primary care institutions in Hubei of China: effects of centralized procurement arrangements

Test model

Prefecture

Group

County (or district)

No. of primary care institutions

Population (10,000)

% urban population

Per capita annual income (Yuan RMB)

Rural

Urban

Medicine-tied Model

 

Jingmen Municipality

Intervention

Zhongxiang County

29

101.55

56%

16,230

27,940

Control

Dongbao District

7

37.27

69%

15,980

31,086

Duodao District

4

30.64

85%

16,420

31,086

Jingshan County

15

62.73

55%

15,829

27,892

Yichang Municipality

Intervention

Dangyang County

10

46.86

50%

17,791

29,641

Control

Yiling District

12

52.41

65%

17,149

30,757

Recipient-tied model

 

Huanggang Municipality

Intervention

Hongan County

11

60.45

41%

9537

23,104

Control

Tuanfeng County

14

34.26

37%

10,244

22,717

Recipient-medicine-tied model

 

Yichang Municipality

Intervention

Yidu County

11

39.00

60%

17,789

31,195

Control

Zhijiang County

11

50.15

54%

17,936

28,456