Table 3.

Physician density and distribution in sample counties during 2008 and 2013

	2008			2013
	Urban	Rural	Total	Urban	Rural	Total
Physicians in PHCs per 1000 people (mean [mean ± SD])
All	0.46 (0.42–0.50)	0.39 (0.35–0.43)	0.41 (0.36–0.46)	0.56 (0.51–0.61)	0.37 (0.34–0.40)	0.44 (0.40–0.48)
East	0.54 (0.49–0.59)	0.38 (0.35–0.41)	0.44 (0.39–0.49)	0.66 (0.60–0.72)	0.41 (0.36–0.46)	0.51 (0.45–0.57)
Central	0.38(0.34–0.42)	0.43 (0.39–0.47)	0.41 (0.36–0.46)	0.46 (0.41–0.51)	0.38 (0.34–0.42)	0.42 (0.38–0.46)
West	0.37 (0.33–0.41)	0.38 (0.34–0.42)	0.39 (0.35–0.43)	0.61 (0.56–0.66)	0.32 (0.28–0.36)	0.40 (0.35–0.45)
Physicians in hospitals per 1000 people (mean [mean ± SD])
All	1.96 (1.89–2.03)	0.55 (0.51–0.59)	0.74 (0.68–0.80)	2.62 (2.49–2.75)	0.80 (0.76–0.84)	1.47 (1.43–1.51)
East	2.11 (2.03–2.19)	0.50 (0.46–0.54)	0.82 (0.76–0.88)	3.56 (3.35–3.77)	0.93 (0.88–0.98)	2.00 (1.94–2.06)
Central	1.64 (1.56–1.72)	0.71 (0.66–0.76)	0.79 (0.73–0.85)	2.33 (2.24–2.42)	0.77 (0.73–0.81)	1.39 (1.33–1.45)
West	2.11 (1.98–2.24)	0.49 (0.45–0.53)	0.65 (0.60–0.70)	1.83 (1.74–1.92)	0.73 (0.69–0.77)	1.07 (1.02–1.12)