1950-1985 county-level data on hospitals and epidemiology stations across China includes names and years of operation. The data is produced at a 1:1 million scale. It was created by the University of Washington as part of the CITAS project and CIESIN.
Use Cases
- Analyze the spatial distribution of hospital_name across counties to map healthcare access.
- Track changes in years_of_operation to study the establishment and longevity of medical facilities over time.
- Correlate epidemiology_station data with historical disease outbreak records for regional analysis.
- Use county-level geospatial identifiers to integrate this data with other historical administrative datasets.
Strengths
- Data spans a 35-year period from 1950 to 1985.
- Provides coverage at the county level for all administrative regions of China.
- Created through a collaboration between University of Washington and CIESIN.
Limitations
- Specific row count, column details, and sample size are unknown.
- Data is temporally stale, with no updates after 1985.
- The lack of detailed column information limits understanding of data granularity.
Provenance
- Source
- University of Washington, CITAS project, and Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).
- Collection Method
- Produced as part of the China in Time and Space (CITAS) project.
- Time Range
- 1950-1985
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- County-level administrative regions of China.