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Intervention Group 1
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Intervention Group 2
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Control Group
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|---|
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Apengjiang
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Jinxi
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Zhoushui
|
Shihui
|
Fengjia
|
Shijia
|
|---|
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Number of residents
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28,000
|
15,600
|
27,055
|
22,448
|
27,464
|
14,126
|
|
Annual average income per capita (CNY)
|
6452
|
5417
|
6487
|
5452
|
6900
|
5031
|
|
Distance to county (minutes)
|
50
|
90
|
30
|
60
|
25
|
100
|
|
Medical facility revenue (CNY10K)
|
265
|
169
|
279
|
198
|
311
|
159
|
- Notes: These basic characteristics were surveyed in July 2012 and used to randomly assign towns to the three groups. We first divided the six towns equally into two clusters: one cluster of three towns with a smaller population, lower socioeconomic development levels, poorer hospital quality, and further distance away from the county center (Jinxi, Shihui, and Shijia); and the other cluster with contrasting characteristics. In each cluster, we randomly assigned three towns to Groups 1, 2 and the control group, respectively
