Factors influencing the choice of health system access level in China: a systematic review

Y Liu, Q Kong, S Yuan, J Van de Klundert - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Abstract Background In China, patients increasingly choose to access severely overcrowded
higher level hospitals, whereas the lower level facilities often have low frequencies of use …

Evaluating the effect of hierarchical medical system on health seeking behavior: a difference-in-differences analysis in China

Z Zhou, Y Zhao, C Shen, S Lai, R Nawaz… - Social Science & Medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
The unbalanced allocation of healthcare resources and the underutilization of primary care
facilities are the core problems that restrict the current healthcare reforms in China. In order …

Pharmacy-based immunization: a systematic review

MS Romero-Mancilla, J Mora-Vargas… - Frontiers in public health, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has prompted the exploration of new
response strategies for such health contingencies in the near future. Over the last 15 years …

Why patients prefer high-level healthcare facilities: a qualitative study using focus groups in rural and urban China

Y Liu, L Zhong, S Yuan, J Van de Klundert - BMJ global health, 2018 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Despite policy measure to strengthen and promote primary care, Chinese
patients increasingly choose to access higher level hospitals. The resulting overcrowding at …

[HTML][HTML] Public preferences for health care facilities in rural China: a discrete choice experiment

Y Liu, Q Kong, EW de Bekker-Grob - Social Science & Medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
To successfully tackle the problems with the underutilization of primary care in rural China, it
is important to align resource allocation with the preferences of the rural population …

[HTML][HTML] Training pathways to working as a general practitioner in China

S Lian, Q Chen, M Yao, C Chi, M Fetters - Family Medicine, 2019 - journals.stfm.org
Abstract Background and Objectives: To achieve the goal of 300,000 general practitioners
by 2020—an increase of 215,200 in a decade—China is utilizing multiple training pathways …

Patient preferences and attitudes towards first choice medical services in Shenzhen, China: a cross-sectional study

X Zhao, J Xiao, H Chen, K Lin, X Li, Z Zeng, S Huang… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective This study aimed to explore the characteristics of Shenzhen residents' preferences
and influencing factors regarding their first choice of medical institution at various medical …

Effect of family practice contract services on the quality of primary care in Guangzhou, China: a cross-sectional study using PCAT-AE

L Li, C Zhong, J Mei, Y Liang, L Li, L Kuang - BMJ open, 2018 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Current healthcare reform in China has an overall goal of strengthening primary
care and establishing a family practice system based on contract services. The objective of …

Personality and job satisfaction among Chinese health practitioners: The mediating role of professional quality of life

WW Li, G Xie - Health Psychology Open, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This study aims to explore mediating effects of professional quality of life on the relationship
between big-five personality traits and job satisfaction in a Chinese healthcare setting. A …

The willingness of patients to make the first visit to primary care institutions and its influencing factors in Beijing medical alliances: a comparative study of Beijing's …

H Song, X Zuo, C Cui, K Meng - BMC Health Services Research, 2019 - Springer
Background To improve the efficiency of the use of medical resources, China has
implemented medical alliances (MAs) to implement a hierarchical diagnosis and treatment …