Are services delivered by community health centers more cost-effective? Evidence from urban China

Health Economics

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Jiang, Hongli ^a   Chen, Wen ^a,b   Bi, Kangning ^a   Ying, Xiaohua ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Community health services; Cost effectiveness; Diabetes mellitus; Hypertension; Urban China

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN POPULATION;

CHINA; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 70349219774     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1517     Document Type: Article

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