Prescribing behaviour of village doctors under China's New Cooperative Medical Scheme

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1775-1779

  Sun, Xiaoyun ^a   Jackson, Sukhan ^b   Carmichael, Gordon A ^c   Sleigh, Adrian C ^c  

^a Health Department of Shandong Province   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; China; Health insurance; New Cooperative Medical Scheme; Prescribing behaviour; Rural; Village doctor

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH AND SAFETY; HEALTH CARE; INCENTIVE; MEDICINE; REGULATORY APPROACH; SERVICE PROVISION; VILLAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; STATE MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANDONG;

EID: 65249085658     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.02.043     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Bureau of Statistics of Linyi County. Handbook of Linyi statistics 2003 (2004), Bureau of Statistics of Linyi, Linyi
2. Bureau of Statistics of Qihe County. Qihe Guang Hui 50 Nian (1949-2002) (Brilliant fifty years 1949-2002 in Qihe) (2003), Bureau of Statistics of Qihe, Qihe
3. Centre for Health Statistics and Information Ministry of Health. China health statistics digest 2004 (2004), Chinese Ministry of Health, Beijing
4. Centre for Health Statistics and Information Ministry of Health. China health statistics digest 2005 (2005), Chinese Ministry of Health, Beijing
5. Dong H., Bogg L., Rehnberg C., and Diwan V. Association between health insurance and antibiotics prescribing in four counties in rural China. Health Policy 48 (1999) 29-45
6. Dong H., Bogg L., Wang K., Rehnberg C., and Diwan V. A description of outpatient drug use in rural China: evidence of differences due to insurance coverage. International Journal of Health Planning and Management 14 (1999) 41-56
7. Dummer T.J.B., and Cook I.G. Exploring China's rural health crisis: processes and policy implications. Health Policy 83 (2007) 1-16
8. Fang J. The Chinese health care regulatory institutions in an era of transition. Social Science & Medicine 66 4 (2008) 952-962
9. Gorard D.A. Escalating polypharmacy. Quarterly Journal of Medicine 99 (2006) 797-800
10. Jackson S., Sleigh A.C., Li P., and Liu X. Health finance in rural China: low premium insurance compared to the out-of-pocket system. The China Quarterly 181 (2005) 137-157
11. Jackson S., Sleigh A.C., Wang G.-J., and Liu X.-L. Poverty and the economic effects of TB in rural China. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases 10 10 (2006) 1104-1110
12. Liu Y. Development of the rural health insurance system in China. Health Policy and Planning 19 3 (2004) 159-165
13. Meng Q., Liu X., and Shi J. Comparing the services and quality of private and public clinics in rural China. Health Policy and Planning 15 4 (2000) 349-356
14. Pavin M., Nurgozhin T., Hafner G., Yusufy F., and Laing R. Prescribing practices of rural primary health care physicians in Uzbekistan. Tropical Medicine and International Health 8 2 (2003) 1889-1890
15. Sun X., Jackson S., Carmichael G., and Sleigh A.C. Catastrophic medical payment and financial protection in rural China: evidence from the New Cooperative Medical Scheme in Shandong Province. Health Economics 18 1 (2009) 103-119
16. Zhang X., Feng Z., Zhang L., and Zhang J. Analyze quality of prescription of township hospitals in depressed areas. Chinese Rural Health Management 12 (2003) 33-35
17. Zhuo J., Sleigh A.C., and Wang H. Unsafe injection and HIV transmission in Guangxi, China. Chinese Medical Journal 115 6 (2002) 960-963