The allocation and fairness of health human resources in Chinese maternal and child health care institutions: a nationwide longitudinal study

Table 2 Health resource density index of maternal and child health care institutions in different economic levels in mainland China from 2016 to 2020

Personnel category	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Health technicians
entire country	0.088	0.096	0.103	0.110	0.116
Q4 regions	0.190	0.206	0.218	0.235	0.238
Q3 regions	0.088	0.096	0.099	0.106	0.112
Q2 regions	0.066	0.072	0.077	0.083	0.090
Q1 regions	0.071	0.081	0.089	0.095	0.103
Licensed (assistant) physicians
entire country	0.032	0.035	0.037	0.039	0.041
Q4 regions	0.066	0.072	0.077	0.084	0.086
Q3 regions	0.033	0.036	0.037	0.038	0.040
Q2 regions	0.023	0.025	0.026	0.028	0.031
Q1 regions	0.028	0.031	0.033	0.034	0.036
Registered nurses
entire country	0.038	0.042	0.046	0.050	0.053
Q4 regions	0.084	0.092	0.098	0.107	0.109
Q3 regions	0.038	0.041	0.043	0.049	0.052
Q2 regions	0.030	0.033	0.036	0.039	0.042
Q1 regions	0.028	0.034	0.039	0.042	0.046

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