Unveiling spatial disparities in basic medical and health services: insights from China’s provincial analysis

Table 4 Theil index of basic medical and health service levels in four major regions of China (2012–2019)

Year	T	T^W Northeastern China	T^W Eastern China	T^W Central China	T^W Western China	T^W	T^B
2012	0.2962	0.0220	0.2539	0.0689	0.4070	0.2569	0.0393
2013	0.2729	0.0170	0.2326	0.0493	0.3645	0.2307	0.0421
2014	0.2823	0.0162	0.2257	0.0480	0.3764	0.2362	0.0461
2015	0.2866	0.0253	0.2231	0.0432	0.3905	0.2415	0.0451
2016	0.2740	0.0265	0.2191	0.0452	0.3615	0.2287	0.0453
2017	0.2764	0.0235	0.2175	0.0459	0.3811	0.2348	0.0417
2018	0.3057	0.0320	0.2067	0.0432	0.4462	0.2590	0.0467
2019	0.2897	0.0333	0.2108	0.0467	0.4139	0.2466	0.0431

Note T, Total Thiel index; T^W, Intra- regional Theil index; T^B, Inter- regional Theil index

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