Equity analysis of Chinese physician allocation based on Gini coefficient and Theil index

Table 1 Basic distribution of physicians in 31 provincial administrative regions in China

State	Population (× 10³)	Total Area (× 10³ M²)	Total Physician (N)	Physician/10³ population(N)	Physician/10³ M²(N)
Jiangxi	4648	166,947	87,304	1.88	0.52
Anhui	6324	139,600	126,824	2.01	0.91
Yunnan	4830	394,000	99,669	2.06	0.25
Guangxi	4926	236,300	105,979	2.15	0.45
Gansu	2637	455,000	59,560	2.26	0.13
Guizhou	3600	176,100	81,475	2.26	0.46
Fujian	3941	121,400	91,110	2.31	0.75
Heilongjiang	3773	454,000	89,489	2.37	0.20
Hainan	934	35,000	22,289	2.39	0.64
Tibet	344	1,228,400	8322	2.42	0.01
Guangdong	11,346	179,800	276,361	2.44	1.54
Henan	9605	167,000	235,649	2.45	1.41
Sichuan	8341	485,000	204,956	2.46	0.42
Chongqing	3102	82,400	76,379	2.46	0.93
Xinjiang	2487	1,660,000	63,312	2.55	0.04
Shaanxi	3864	205,600	99,036	2.56	0.48
Hubei	5917	185,900	152,040	2.57	0.82
Hunan	6899	211,875	180,882	2.62	0.85
Shanxi	3718	156,000	99,490	2.68	0.64
Qinghai	603	722,000	16,153	2.68	0.02
Liaoning	4359	145,700	120,431	2.76	0.83
Tianjin	1560	11,305	43,105	2.76	3.81
Hebei	7556	190,000	211,387	2.80	1.11
Ningxia	688	66,400	19,435	2.82	0.29
Jilin	2704	187,400	77,108	2.85	0.41
Shandong	10,047	157,100	290,416	2.89	1.85
Jiangsu	8051	102,600	233,263	2.90	2.27
Inner Mongolia	2534	1,183,000	73,563	2.90	0.06
Shanghai	2424	6340.5	71,580	2.95	11.29
Zhejiang	5737	101,800	190,782	3.33	1.87
Beijing	2154	16,807.8	99,807	4.63	5.94
Average				2.62	1.33

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