Changes in the perceived quality of primary care in Shanghai and Shenzhen, China: A difference-in-difference analysis

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 407-416

  Wei, Xiaolin ^a   Li, Haitao ^a   Yang, Nan ^a   Wong, Samuel Y S ^a   Chong, Marc C S ^a   Shi, Leiyu ^b   Wong, Martin C S ^a   Xu, Jianguang ^c   Zhang, Dan ^d   Tang, Jinling ^a   Li, Donald K T ^e   Meng, Qingyue ^f   Griffiths, Sian M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Shanghai Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning   (China)

^d Shenzhen Municipal Planning   (China)

^e Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre   (Hong Kong)

^f PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; MEGACITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; CITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; SHANGHAI; SHENZHEN;

ADULT; CHINA; CITIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84930372199     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.14.139527     Document Type: Article

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