The disequilibrium in the distribution of the primary health workforce among eight economic regions and between rural and urban areas in China

Table 3 Trends in Atkinson index based on area and population between 2009 and 2016

Atkinson Index	Year	Health professionals	Physicians	Nurses
Geographic	2009	0.9542	0.9629	0.9757
	2013	0.9349	0.9549	0.9663
	2016	0.9320	0.9531	0.9632
Population	2009	0.8509	0.8803	0.9212
	2013	0.7935	0.8556	0.8930
	2016	0.7857	0.8506	0.8836

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