Understanding primary care transformation and implications for ageing populations and health inequalities: a systematic scoping review of new models of primary …

DAG Henderson, E Donaghy, M Dozier, B Guthrie… - BMC medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background Many countries have introduced reforms with the aim of primary care
transformation (PCT). Common objectives include meeting service delivery challenges …

Data envelopment analysis applications in primary health care: a systematic review

I Zakowska, M Godycki-Cwirko - Family practice, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Strategic management of primary health care centres is necessary for creating
an efficient global health care system that delivers good care. Objectives To perform a …

What can we learn from China's health system reform?

Q Meng, A Mills, L Wang, Q Han - bmj, 2019 - bmj.com
What can we learn from China’s health system reform? Page 1 the bmj | BMJ 2019;365:l2349 |
doi: 10.1136/bmj.l2349 1 CHINA’S HEALTH SYSTEM REFORMS: REVIEW OF 10 YEARS OF …

Evaluating the effect of hierarchical medical system on health seeking behavior: a difference-in-differences analysis in China

Z Zhou, Y Zhao, C Shen, S Lai, R Nawaz… - Social Science & Medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
The unbalanced allocation of healthcare resources and the underutilization of primary care
facilities are the core problems that restrict the current healthcare reforms in China. In order …

Measuring the efficiency of health systems in Asia: a data envelopment analysis

S Ahmed, MZ Hasan, M MacLennan, F Dorin… - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective This study aims to estimate the technical efficiency of health systems in Asia.
Settings The study was conducted in Asian countries. Methods We applied an output …

Why patients prefer high-level healthcare facilities: a qualitative study using focus groups in rural and urban China

Y Liu, L Zhong, S Yuan, J Van de Klundert - BMJ global health, 2018 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Despite policy measure to strengthen and promote primary care, Chinese
patients increasingly choose to access higher level hospitals. The resulting overcrowding at …

Evaluation of the allocation efficiency of medical and health resources in China's rural three-tier healthcare system

QQ Feng, YB Ao, SZ Chen, I Martek - Public Health, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives Evaluating the efficiency of health resource allocations is critical to improving
China's rural three-level health service network. Study design This was a prospective panel …

The trend in primary health care preference in China: a cohort study of 12,508 residents from 2012 to 2018

G Wan, X Wei, H Yin, Z Qian, T Wang… - BMC Health Services …, 2021 - Springer
Background Residents' preference for primary health care (PHC) determined their utilization
of PHC. This study aimed to assess the determinants of PHC service preference among the …

[HTML][HTML] Efficiency and productivity of health systems in prevention and control of non-communicable diseases in China, 2008–2015

P Chai, Q Wan, Y Kinfu - The European Journal of Health Economics, 2021 - Springer
This article examines the health system performance impact of China's new round of
healthcare reform adopted in 2009. Specifically, we evaluated productivity and efficiency of …

The impact of county medical community reform on the medical service efficiency of county-level public general hospitals in China: a case study of Shanxi Province

Y Ye, R Evans, L Jing, M Rizwan, Y Xuan… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
China introduced the county medical community (CMC) reform, aimed to provide high-
quality medical resources to rural citizens, in 2017. This study examines the impact of the …