Table 2. Basic information of Ningshan county hospital and Zhenping county hospital in 2011.

	Ningshan county	Zhenping county
Year of establishment	1950	1950
Hospital certificate	Non-profit secondary generalHospital	Non-profit secondary generalhospital
Floor area	6,492 square meters	15,000 square meters
Clinical departments	Medical department, surgical department, department of gynecology and obstetrics, emergency department, anesthesia department, Chinese medicine department, ophthalmology and otorhinolaryngology, department of stomatology, clinical laboratory, radiology department and functional department	Medical department, surgical department, department of gynecology and obstetrics, pediatrics, Chinese medicine department, ophthalmology, department of stomatology, dermatological department and department of physiotherapy
Number of staff	196	173
Doctors	99	68
Nurses	70	63
Number of beds	151	150