Shortage and inequalities in the distribution of specialists across community health centres in Uttar Pradesh, 2002–2012

Table 5 Inter-CHC inequality for health professionals in Uttar Pradesh (India) between 2002–04 and 2012–13

Health worker category	Inequality measure	Inequality			Change between 2002–04 and 2012–13
Health worker category	Inequality measure	2002–04 (n = 257)	2007–08 (n = 693)	2012–13 (n = 920)	Absolute	in %
All Health Workers	Theil T	0.25	0.20	0.12
All Health Workers	Gini	0.38	0.34	0.27	−0.117	−30.5
Doctors	Theil T	0.66	0.27	0.23
Doctors	Gini	0.57	0.35	0.36	−0.210	−37.0
Nurses	Theil T	0.61	0.42	0.29
Nurses	Gini	0.58	0.47	0.39	−0.189	−32.8
Specialist	Theil T	0.34	0.79	1.14
Specialist	Gini	0.41	0.63	0.74	0.325	78.3
Surgeon	Theil T	0.51	1.34	1.98
Surgeon	Gini	0.42	0.74	0.87	0.452	108.6
Paediatrician	Theil T	0.70	1.54	1.70
Paediatrician	Gini	0.52	0.79	0.82	0.298	56.9
Obstetrician	Theil T	1.02	1.24	1.67
Obstetrician	Gini	0.65	0.73	0.83	0.179	27.5
Anaesthetist	Theil T	1.40	1.80	2.30
Anaesthetist	Gini	0.75	0.84	0.91	0.152	20.1

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