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Zhou, Kaiyuan, Zhang, Xinyi, Ding, Yi, Wang, Duolao 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2788-2464, Lu, Zhou and Yu, Min
(2015)
'Inequality trends of health workforce in different stages of medical system reform (1985-2011) in China'. Human Resources for Health, Vol 13, Issue 94.
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Abstract
Introduction
The aim of this study was to identify whether policies in different stages of medical system reform had been effective in decreasing inequalities and increasing the density of health workers in rural areas in China between 1985 and 2011.
Methods
With data from China Health Statistics Yearbooks from 2004 to 2012, we measured the Gini coefficient and the Theil L index across the urban and rural areas from 1985 to 2011 to investigate changes in inequalities in the distributions of health workers, doctors, and nurses by states, regions, and urban-rural stratum and account for the sources of inequalities.
Results
We found that the overall inequalities in the distribution of health workers decreased to the lowest in 2000, then increased gently until 2011. Nurses were the most unequally distributed between urban-rural districts among health workers. Most of the overall inequalities in the distribution of health workers across regions were due to inequalities within the rural-urban stratum.
Discussions and conclusions
Different policies and interventions in different stages would result in important changes in inequality in the distribution of the health workforce. It was also influenced by other system reforms, like the urbanization, education, and employment reforms in China. The results are useful for the Chinese government to decide how to narrow the gap of the health workforce and meet its citizens’ health needs to the maximum extent.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | PMC4673776 |
| Subjects: | W General Medicine. Health Professions > W 26.5 Informatics. Health informatics WA Public Health > Health Administration and Organization > WA 525 General works WA Public Health > Health Administration and Organization > WA 540 National and state health administration |
| Faculty: Department: | Clinical Sciences & International Health > Clinical Sciences Department |
| Digital Object Identifer (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-015-0089-0 |
| Depositing User: | Stacy Murtagh |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jan 2016 14:20 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Dec 2021 10:39 |
| URI: | https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/5462 |
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