Do patients choose community health services (CHS) for first treatment in China? Results from a community health survey in urban areas

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 864-872

  Tang, Changmin ^a,b   Luo, Zhenni ^a   Fang, Pengqian ^a   Zhang, Fengfan ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

China; Community health service; Health reform; Patients' choice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHINA; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84884288264     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-013-9691-z     Document Type: Article

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