Table 1.

Main characteristics of the five selected survey areas in 2013

City/county	Nanjing (Capital)	Suzhou	Yangzhou	Suqian	Yancheng
Economic status	High-income	High-income	Medium-income	Low-income	Low-income
Geographic position	Southwest	Southeast	Center	Northwest	Northeast
NO. of Public hospitals	2 tertiary	2 secondary	2 secondary	2 secondary	2 secondary
	3 secondary	3 primary	3 primary	3 primary	3 primary
NO. of Private pharmacies	Two private pharmacies near the secondary and tertiary healthcare facilities and one private pharmacy near primary healthcare facilities