The datasets are of two types. The first type is the raw data, the listing of the institutions as recorded in the directories; the second type are various aggregations of these data to the county level. Data of the first type are described under the heading
The second type of dataset is county aggregations based on the raw data. These aggregations have been done separately for hospitals and for epidemiological stations. Within these categories, the aggregations have been done based on two different schemes, the shixiaqu (SXQ) scheme, and the municipality compatible (MC) scheme, which unites many urban municipalities with their surrounding counties. SXQ and MC mappings are explained in the document County Boundaries of China .
Epidemiological stations by county
Additional information regarding this dataset, including issues of data quality and error, can be found in this data commentary.
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