Fig. 2
From: Managing the medical resources of a national insurance program: lessons based on China’s NCMS
The distribution of three regions in China. In this study, the eastern regions include 8 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), including Beijing, Hebei, Liaoning, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Hainan; the central regions encompass 8 provinces, including Shanxi, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, and Hunan; the western regions include 12 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), including Nei Mongol, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Xizang, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Xinjiang