| CDCs | control disease centres |
| DSDM | Dynamic Spatial Durbin Model |
| FE | fixed effects |
| HDT | hierarchical diagnosis and treatment |
| LLHC | lower-level healthcare |
| LM | Lagrange multiplier |
| LR | likelihood ratio |
| MCHSs | maternal and child health stations |
| QML | quasi maximum likelihood |
| RE | random effects |
| SAR | spatial autoregressive regression model |
| SDM | spatial Durbin model |
| SDPs | specialised disease preventions |
| SEM | spatial error model |
| SLM | spatial lag model |
| TCM | traditional Chinese medicine |
| THCs | town health centres |
| UCHIs | urban community health institutions |
| ULHC | upper-level healthcare |
| VIF | variance inflation factors |