Health system reform in rural China: Voices of healthworkers and service-users

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue , 2014, Pages 134-141

  Zhou, Xu Dong ^a   Li, Lu ^a   Hesketh, Therese ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Essential drugs; Health insurance; Health reforms; Primary care; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; BRAIN DRAIN; DRUG PRESCRIBING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH WORKER; POLICY REFORM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL SOCIETY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MALE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY; SALARY; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MOTIVATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UTILIZATION;

CHINA; YUNNAN; ZHEJIANG;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84905698642     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.07.040     Document Type: Article

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