Health providers' perspectives on delivering public health services under the contract service policy in rural China: Evidence from Xinjian County

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Zhou, Huixuan ^a   Zhang, Weijun ^a   Zhang, Shengfa ^a   Wang, Fugang ^a   Zhong, You ^a   Gu, Linni ^a   Qu, Zhiyong ^a   Liang, Xiaoyun ^a   Sa, Zhihong ^a   Wang, Xiaohua ^a   Tian, Donghua ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Contract service; Health providers; Public health care; Village doctors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHINA; CONTRACT SERVICES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928013222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-0739-x     Document Type: Article

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