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Table 2 Sampling techniques and sizes in different levels

From: Evaluation and mechanism for outcomes exploration of providing public health care in contract service in Rural China: a multiple-case study with complex adaptive systems design

Category

Sampling technique

County A

County B

County C

County D

Director of county health bureau

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1

1

1

1

Township health centers

Purposive sampling

3

2

2

4

Village clinics

Convenience sampling

6

6

4

5

Village doctors

\

30

21

6

12

Patients

Convenience sampling

6

6

3

5