Realigning the incentive system for China's primary healthcare providers

The BMJ

Volumn 365, Issue , 2019, Pages 8-11

  Ma, Xiaochen ^a   Wang, Hong ^b   Yang, Li ^c   Shi, Leiyu ^d   Liu, Xiaoyun ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MOTIVATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS;

CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 85067651393     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.l2406     Document Type: Review

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