Table 1 Main characteristics of the five selected survey areas in 2013
City/county | Nanjing (Capital) | Suzhou | Yangzhou | Suqian | Yancheng |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Economic status | High-income | High-income | Medium-income | Low-income | Low-income |
Geographic position | Southwest | Southeast | Center | Northwest | Northeast |
NO. of Public hospitals | 2 tertiary | 2 secondary | 2 secondary | 2 secondary | 2 secondary |
3 secondary | 3 primary | 3 primary | 3 primary | 3 primary | |
NO. of Private pharmacies | Two private pharmacies near the secondary and tertiary healthcare facilities and one private pharmacy near primary healthcare facilities | ||||