Does Rapid and Sustained Economic Growth Lead to Convergence in Health Resources: The Case of China From 1980 to 2010

Liang, Di; Zhang, Donglan; Huang, Jiayan; Schweitzer, Stuart

All data are collected from the China Health Statistics Year Book and the China Statistics Year Book. 17, 18 We only include data of provinces and municipalities in mainland China, excluding data from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macau Special Administrative Region, and Taiwan. It is notable that population data at the provincial level are based on the National Population Census of the People's Republic of China. Thus, the per capita data are calculated based on the actual population of long-term residents and migrants rather than the household registration system that excluded migrants. Thus, a large number of migrant workers and their family members who are not registered in the local household registration system are still counted as local residents in the population census data.