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Whither the roads lead to? Estimating association between urbanization and primary healthcare service use with chinese prefecture-level data in 2014.
Article in PloS one, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Health Care-Seeking Behaviors, Disease Progression, Medications, Knowledge of, and Attitudes Toward Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in China: Cross-sectional Survey Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2023Article
- The Association Between Social Determinants of Health and Population Health Outcomes: Ecological Analysis.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2023Article
- Performance of the Health System Network in Formosa, Argentina, in the Diagnosis of Leprosy.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2023Article
- How Does Smart Healthcare Service Affect Resident Health in the Digital Age? Empirical Evidence From 105 Cities of China.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
With the rapid economic development across China over recent decades, examining how urbanization may affect healthcare service use and its implications is more than urgent. This study estimates the association between urbanization and primary healthcare services use in China. We construct a prefecture-level dataset on healthcare services utilization and urbanization. We regress the proportion of residents using healthcare services in primary healthcare centers versus secondary or tertiary hospitals on a set of prefecture-level control variables. Results suggest that use of primary healthcare centers outpatient service is positively associated with being in the proximity of a provincial capital, but negatively correlated with the percentage of the urban population and the availability of public transportation. Higher likelihood of seeking care in major hospitals instead of primary healthcare centers is associated with urbanization, justifying a need for primary care physicians as gatekeepers in China's healthcare delivery system.
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