Table 3.

Gini coefficient and its decomposition for inequality in the distribution of health technical human resources in China’s primary healthcare from 2013 to 2022

Year	Gini coefficient	Gini coefficient within the group			Inter-group Gini coefficient
	Overall	Eastern	Middle	Western	Eastern& Middle	Eastern& Western	Middle& Eastern	Middle& Western	Western& Eastern	Western& Middle
2013	0.382	0.386	0.229	0.405	0.349	0.475	0.349	0.355	0.475	0.355
2014	0.365	0.369	0.233	0.402	0.327	0.442	0.327	0.353	0.442	0.353
2015	0.363	0.366	0.235	0.396	0.329	0.438	0.329	0.348	0.438	0.348
2016	0.363	0.364	0.238	0.397	0.331	0.437	0.331	0.348	0.437	0.348
2017	0.364	0.364	0.236	0.398	0.335	0.439	0.335	0.345	0.439	0.345
2018	0.369	0.368	0.234	0.397	0.345	0.446	0.345	0.342	0.446	0.342
2019	0.371	0.37	0.244	0.398	0.348	0.444	0.348	0.347	0.444	0.347
2020	0.37	0.367	0.243	0.402	0.343	0.442	0.343	0.350	0.442	0.35
2021	0.371	0.362	0.25	0.406	0.342	0.442	0.342	0.357	0.442	0.357
2022	0.378	0.367	0.263	0.410	0.349	0.448	0.349	0.366	0.448	0.366