The growth of private hospitals and their health workforce in China: A comparison with public hospitals

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 30-41

  Tang, Chengxiang ^a,b   Zhang, Yucheng ^a   Chen, Lieping ^b,c   Lin, Yongqiang ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Fujian Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d Fujian Research Academy of Environmental Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

China; hospital physician relationships; human resources for health; Market opening policy; private hospital

Indexed keywords

CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MANPOWER; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84878198718     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czs130     Document Type: Article

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