Synergy of policies to strengthen primary care: evidence from a national repeated cross-sectional study

Synergy of policies to strengthen primary care: evidence from a national repeated cross-sectional study

Abstract Background People bypass primary healthcare (PHC) institutions to seek expensive healthcare at high-level hospitals, leading to escalating medical costs and inefficient use of resources. In 2009, China launched nationwide synergic policies on primary care strengthening, to tackle access to...

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Main Authors: Yinzi Jin, Jin Xu, Weiming Zhu, Yaoguang Zhang, Ling Xu, Qingyue Meng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Health insurance coverage
Health workforce availability
Synergic policies
Primary care strengthening
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-020-05695-4

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