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Table 2 Gini and concentration indices for hospital beds distributions in five metropolitan cities in Iran (* p value < 0.05)

From: Inequality in geographical distribution of hospitals and hospital beds in densely populated metropolitan cities of Iran

Hospital beds

Indices

Main Cities

Mashhad

Tabriz

Shiraz

Esfahan

Tehran

Private hospital beds

GI (S.E)

0.79 (0.10)*

0.76 (0.17)*

0.80 (0.30)*

0.68 (0.15)*

0.80 (0.19)*

CI (S.E)

0.60 (0.26)*

0.28 (0.35)

0.73 (0.37)

0.34 (0.20)

0.61 (0.24)*

Public hospital beds

GI (S.E)

0.66 (0.11)*

0.74 (0.21)*

0.72 (0.23)*

0.63 (0.10)*

0.67 (0.12)*

CI (S.E)

0.32 (0.21)

0.51 (0.31)

0.35 (0.34)

0.52 (0.15)*

0.37 (0.17)*

Total hospital beds

GI (S.E)

0.57 (0.15)*

0.63 (0.15)*

0.66 (0.17)*

0.56 (0.07)*

0.64 (0.12)*

CI (S.E)

0.34 (0.21)

0.34 (0.25)

0.25 (0.29)

0.45 (0.12)*

0.39 (0.17)*