Application of propensity scores to estimate the association between government subsidy and injection use in primary health care institutions in China

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Xinping ^a   Tang, Yuqing ^a   Zhang, Xiaopeng ^a   Yang, Chunyan ^a   Yang, Lianping ^a   Wang, Hongtao ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Government subsidy; Injection use; Primary health care; Propensity score

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG MONITORING; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INJECTION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROPENSITY SCORE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHINA; DRUG MONITORING; DRUGS, ESSENTIAL; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROPENSITY SCORE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84877900241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-183     Document Type: Article

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