The ecology of medical care in Beijing

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Shao, Shuang ^a   Zhao, Feifei F ^a   Wang, Jing ^b   Feng, Lei ^a   Lu, Xiaoqin Q ^a   Du, Juan ^a   Yan, Yuxiang X ^a   Wang, Chao ^c   Fu, Yinghong H ^a   Wu, Jingjing J ^a   Yu, Xinwei W ^a   Khoo, Kaykeng K ^d   Wang, Youxin X ^a,e   Wang, Wei ^a,e  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOFTWARE   (China)

^c Beijing Nuclear Industry Hospital   (China)

^d Lynwood Medical Centre   (Australia)

^e EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL CARE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOM SAMPLE; REGISTER; SYMPTOM; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84891930582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082446     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Green LA, Fryer GE Jr, Yawn BP, Lanier D, Dovey SM (2001) The ecology of medical care revisited. N Engl J Med 344: 2021-2025. doi: 10.1056/ NEJM200106283442611. PubMed: 11430334. (Pubitemid 32568159)
2. White KL, Williams TF, Greenberg BG (1961) The ecology of medical care. N Engl J Med 265: 885-892. doi:10.1056/ NEJM196111022651805. PubMed: 14006536.
3. White KL (1997) The ecology of medical care: origins and implications for population-based healthcare research. Health Serv Res 32: 11-21. PubMed: 9108800. (Pubitemid 27172810)
4. Thomas H (2001) Ecology in evolution. N Engl J Med 344: 2018-2020. doi:10.1056/NEJM200106283442610. PubMed: 11430333.
5. Tang SL, Meng QY, Chen L, Bekedam H, Evans T et al. (2008) Tackling the challenges to health equity in China. Lancet 372: 1493-1501. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61364-1. PubMed: 18930531.
6. Ling RE, Liu F, Lu XQ, Wang W (2011) Emerging issues in public health: a perspective on China's healthcare system. Public Health 125: 9-14. doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2010.10.009. PubMed: 21168175.
7. Taylor S (2009) Wealth, health and equity: convergence to divergence in late 20th century globalization. Br Med Bull 91: 29-48. doi: 10.1093/bmb/ldp024. PubMed: 19654137.
8. Yip W, Hsiao WC (2008) The Chinese health system at a cross roads. Health Aff 27: 460-468. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.27.2.460. (Pubitemid 351490339)
9. National Development and Reform Commission (2009) Opinions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on deepening the healthcare system reform. Available: http://shs.ndrc.gov.cn/ygjd/ygwj/t20090408-271138.htm. Accessed 17 March 2009
10. Chen Z (2009) Launch of the health-care reform plan in China. Lancet 373: 1322-1324. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60753-4. PubMed: 19376436.
11. Yip WC, Hsiao WC, Chen W, Hu SL, Ma J et al. (2012) Early appraisal of China's huge and complex health-care reforms. Lancet 379: 833-842. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61880-1. PubMed: 22386036.
12. Meng Q, Xu L, Zhang YG, Qian JC, Cai M et al. (2012) Trends in access to health services and financial protection in China between 2003 and 2011: a cross-sectional study. Lancet 379: 805-814. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60278-5. PubMed: 22386034.
13. The sixth national population census (2010) The main data bulletin of the sixth nation-al population census in; Beijing (2010). Available: http://www.bjstats.gov.cn/rkpc-6/pcdt/tztg/201105/t20110504-201366.htm. Accessed 5 May 2011
14. Last JM (1963) The iceberg: completing the clinical picture in general practice. Lancet 282: 28-31. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(63)92546-7.
15. Zhang LX, Wang F, Wang L, Wang W, Liu B et al. (2012) Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in China: a cross-sectional survey. Lancet 379: 815-822. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60033-6. PubMed: 22386035.
16. Yan YX, Liu YQ, Li M, Hu PF, Guo AM et al. (2009) Development and evaluation of a questionnaire for measuring suboptimal health status in urban Chinese. J Epidemiol 19: 333-341. Available online at: doi: 10.2188/jea. JE20080086. PubMed: 19749497
17. Yan YX, Dong J, Liu YQ, Yang XH, Li M et al. (2012) Association of suboptimal health status and cardiovascular risk factors in urban Chinese workers. J Urban Health 89: 329-338. doi:10.1007/ s11524-011-9636-8. PubMed: 22203493.
18. Holdaway J, Krafft T, Wang W (2011) Migration and health in China: challenges and responses. IHDP Update 1: 35-41.
19. Hesketh T, Ye XJ, Li L, Wang HM (2008) Health status and access to health care of migrant workers in China. Public Health Rep 123: 189-197. PubMed: 18457071.
20. Razum O, Zeeb H, Rohrmann S (2000) The 'healthy migrant effect'- not merely a fallacy of inaccurate denominator figures. Int J Epidemiol 29: 191-192. doi:10.1093/ije/29.1.191. PubMed: 10750623. (Pubitemid 30119727)
21. Lu Y (2008) Test of the 'healthy migrant hypothesis': a longitudinal analysis of health selectivity of internal migration in Indonesia. Soc Sci Med 67: 1331-1339. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.06.017. PubMed: 18639967.
22. Burke A, Wong YY, Clayson Z (2003) Traditional Medicine in China today: implications for indigenous health systems in a modern world. Am J Public Health 93: 1082-1084. doi:10.2105/AJPH.93.7.1082. PubMed: 12835188. (Pubitemid 38489774)
23. Normile D (2003) The new face of traditional Chinese medicine. Science 299: 188-190. doi:10.1126/science.299.5604.188. PubMed: 12522228. (Pubitemid 36125189)
24. Kinsel JF, Straus SE (2003) Complementary and alternative therapeutics: rigorous research is needed to support claims. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol 43: 463-484. doi:10.1146/annurev.pharmtox.43.100901.135757. PubMed: 12540748. (Pubitemid 37372650)
25. De Smet PA (2002) Herbal remedies. N Engl J Med 347: 2046-2056. doi:10.1056/NEJMra020398. PubMed: 12490687. (Pubitemid 35461662)
26. Wang G, Mao B, Xiong ZY, Fan T, Chen XD et al. (2007) The quality of reporting of randomized controlled trials of traditional Chinese medicine: a survey of 13 randomly selected journals from mainland China. Clin Ther 29: 1456-1467. doi:10.1016/j.clinthera.2007.07.023. PubMed: 17825697. (Pubitemid 47348121)
27. Blumenthal D, Hsiao W (2005) Privatization and its discontents-the evolving Chinese health care system. N Engl J Med 353: 1165-1170. doi:10.1056/NEJMhpr051133. PubMed: 16162889. (Pubitemid 41317441)
28. He J, Gu DF, Wu XG, Reynolds K, Duan XF et al. (2005) Major causes of death among men and women in China. N Engl J Med 353: 1124-1134. doi:10.1056/NEJMsa050467. PubMed: 16162883. (Pubitemid 41317435)
29. Yip W, Hsiao W (2009) China's health care reform: A tentative assessment. China Econ Rev 20: 613-619. doi:10.1016/j.chieco. 2009.08.003.
30. Yang J, Guo AM, Wang YD, Zhao YL, Yang XH et al. (2008) Human resource staffing and service functions of community health services organizations in China. Ann Fam Med 6: 421-427. doi:10.1370/afm. 888. PubMed: 18779546.
31. Du J, Lu XQ, Wang YD, Cui SQ, Guo AM et al. (2012) Mutual referral: a survey of GPs in Beijing. Fam Pract 29: 441-447. doi:10.1093/fampra/ cmr122. PubMed: 22223744.
32. Information Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China (2005) Gen-der equality and women's development in China. Available: http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/cw/140980.htm. Accessed 24 August, 2005