Ambient particulate matter pollution of different sizes associated with recurrent stroke hospitalization in China: a cohort study of 1.07 million stroke patients

M Cai, X Lin, X Wang, S Zhang, ZM Qian… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background To estimate the associations between ambient particulate matter (PM) pollution
of different sizes (PM 1, PM 2.5, and PM 10) and risk of rehospitalization among stroke …

[HTML][HTML] Public preferences for health care facilities in rural China: a discrete choice experiment

Y Liu, Q Kong, EW de Bekker-Grob - Social Science & Medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
To successfully tackle the problems with the underutilization of primary care in rural China, it
is important to align resource allocation with the preferences of the rural population …

The impact of hospital attributes on patient choice for first visit: evidence from a discrete choice experiment in Shanghai, China

Y Liu, Q Kong, S Wang, L Zhong… - Health policy and …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The underutilization of primary care in urban China threatens the efficiency and
effectiveness of the Chinese health system. To guide patient flow to primary care, the …

[PDF][PDF] The chasm in percutaneous coronary intervention and in-hospital mortality rates among acute myocardial infarction patients in rural and urban hospitals in …

M Cai, E Liu, P Bai, N Zhang, S Wang, W Li… - … Journal of Public …, 2022 - ssph-journal.org
Objectives: To determine to what extent the inequality in the ability to provide percutaneous
coronary intervention (PCI) translates into outcomes for AMI patients in China. Methods: We …

Hospital market competition and health technology diffusion: an empirical study of laparoscopic appendectomy in China

X Lin, L Lu, J Pan - Social Science & Medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
The evidence about the role of hospital market competition on health technology diffusion in
developing countries is scarce. In this study, we examined the association between hospital …

Changes in ST segment elevation myocardial infarction hospitalisations in China from 2011 to 2015

T Zhou, X Li, Y Lu, K Murugiah, X Bai, S Hu, Y Gao… - Open …, 2021 - openheart.bmj.com
Objective Access to acute cardiovascular care has improved and health services capacity
has increased over the past decades. We assessed national changes in (1) patient …

Heterogeneous effects of hospital competition on inpatient expenses: an empirical analysis of diseases grouping basing on conditions' complexity and urgency

L Lu, X Lin, J Pan - BMC Health Services Research, 2021 - Springer
Background Multiple pro-competition policies were implemented during the new round of
healthcare reform in China. Differences in conditions' complexity and urgency across …

Does hospital competition improve the quality of outpatient care?-empirical evidence from a quasi-experiment in a Chinese city

Z Peng, A Laporte, X Wei, X Sha, PC Coyte - Health Economics Review, 2024 - Springer
Background Although countries worldwide have launched a series of pro-competition
reforms, the literature on the impacts of hospital competition has produced a complex and …

Heterogeneous effects of hospital competition on inpatient quality: an analysis of five common diseases in China

Y Lu, Q Jiang, X Zhang, X Lin, J Pan - Health Economics Review, 2024 - Springer
Background Many countries has introduced pro-competition policies in the delivery of
healthcare to improve medical quality, including China. With the increasing intensity of …

Perceived competition and process of care in rural China

X Lin, W Jian, W Yip, J Pan - Risk Management and Healthcare …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Although there is much debate about the effect of hospital competition on
healthcare quality, its impact on the process of care remains unclear. This study aimed to …