The new round of Healthcare Reform in China has implemented over 3聽years since 2009, and promoted greatly the development of public county hospitals. The purpose of this study is to evaluate county hospitals efficiency before and after the healthcare reform, and further assess the reform ...
In the past decade, the government of China has implemented healthcare reforms to provide universal access to healthcare by 2020. We aimed to systematically analyse the dynamic changes in health services and equity during the past 10 years to understand the correlation between health services and s...
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disrupted multiple health services, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing, care, and treatment services, jeopardizing the achievement of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS 90-90-90 global target. While there are limited...
Ensuring that the scale and hierarchical structure of health human resources are rational, and that medical services are efficient and fair, is an important task of practical significance. On this basis, examining the impact of health human resources on
healthcare utilizationrural residentsChinaObjectives: To assess how cigarette smoking affects health care utilization among rural residents in China and to analyze the choice of health facility among current and former smokers in rural China. Methods: This study employed three waves (2010鈥 2014) of ...
With the prolongation of the life expectancy of the Chinese population and the intensification of the aging process of the population, the mental health problems of the elderly have become increasingly prominent. This study aims to explore whether self-e
Healthcare communication is the study and practice of communicating promotional health information, such as in public health campaigns, health education, and between doctor and patient. The purpose of disseminating health information is to influence personal health choices by improving health literacy. ...
The impact of cigarette smoking on healthcare utilization among rural residents in ChinaVoluntary health insurance schemes in Thailand are still under development and have yet to seriously address the questions of equity and efficiency, while private health insurance is limited to people who can afford...
China has a high burden of diabetes mellitus (DM), and a large proportion of DM patients remain untreated for various reasons, including low availability of primary health care providers. DM patient management is one of the priorities in China's national essential public health programs. Shortage...
In response to rising healthcare costs and to regulate provider behaviors, China developed a new case-based patient classification payment system in the context of the rapid development of informatization and the accumulation of big data in hospitals, which is called Diagnosis-Intervention Packet (DIP...