19 April 2022 : Clinical Research
Factors Associated with Non-Adherence for Prescribed Treatment in 201 Patients with Multidrug-Resistant and Rifampicin-Resistant Tuberculosis in Anhui Province, China
Qing-Qing Zhu1BCDE, Jie Wang23BCDE, Napoleon Bellua Sam4F, Jie Luo5F, Jie Liu1A, Hai-Feng Pan23A*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.935334
Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e935334

Figure 1 Location of the 8 study sites in Anhui Province and the reasons for choosing themAs the provincial capital of Anhui Province, Hefei’s gross domestic product (GDP) broke the trillion-dollar mark in 2020. Hefei’s annual per capita disposable income of urban residents is $7469, an increase of 6.3% yearly, which is 2.8 and 1.2 percentage points higher than the national and provincial levels, respectively. For rural residents, the per capita disposable income was $3756, an increase of 8.1%, which was 1.2 and 0.3 percentage points higher than the national and provincial levels, respectively. Hefei lies in the central part of Anhui Province, so it was selected as a typical representative. Tongling, Anqing, and Ma’anshan are located in the southern part of Anhui Province and are located along the Yangtze River. Their economic levels are better than that of northern Anhui. They were chosen as representatives of southern Anhui. Huainan, Bengbu, Fuyang, and Huaibei are all located along the Huaihe River. Economic development is low in the province, but the population size is huge. The per capita GDP is not high, and they were selected as the representatives of northern Anhui. Image by Adobe Photoshop CC2019.