Table 1.
Data sources for manufacturer, pharmacy, and prescription surveys
| Provinces (population, n) | Shandong (92 million) | Gansu (17 million) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturers, n | 217 | 36 | ||||
| Hospital level of care | Primary | Secondary | Tertiary | Primary | Secondary | Tertiary |
| Study hospitals, n | 15 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 5 |
| Prescriptions surveyed, n | 982 | 1687 | 800 | 414 | 1078 | 495 |
| Prefecture GDP/capita | High | Middle | Low | High | Middle | Low |
| Study retail pharmacies at city-level, n | ||||||
| With insurance contracts | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Without insurance contracts | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Study retail pharmacies at county level, n | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |