Exploring Residents' Healthcare Utilization under the Family Physician Contract Service System in China: Implications for Primary Healthcare.

Chinese government promoted a family physician contract service system in order to establish a tiered healthcare system in June 2016, but there was little evidence to assess the policy performance. This study aimed to examine the association of family physician contract services with the healthcare...

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Publicado en:Health & Social Care in the Community pp. 1 - 14
Autores principales: Jing, Rize, Zhang, Haonan, Hu, Hongwei
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell 1/30/2024
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          Jing, Rize
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          Community Living China
          Contract Services
          Physicians, Family
          Health Resource Utilization
          Urban Areas
          Health Policy
          Primary Health Care
          Human
          Male
          Female
          Adult
          Middle Age
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          China
          Cross Sectional Studies
          Cluster Sample
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          Sample Size
          Community Health Centers
          Sociodemographic Factors
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          Chi Square Test
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          Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test
          Logistic Regression
          Poisson Distribution
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          Odds Ratio
          Socioeconomic Factors
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          Adult: 19-44 years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
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      ab: Chinese government promoted a family physician contract service system in order to establish a tiered healthcare system in June 2016, but there was little evidence to assess the policy performance. This study aimed to examine the association of family physician contract services with the healthcare utilization of community residents in urban China. A cross-sectional face-to-face survey was conducted from July to September, 2019, in four advanced and exemplary cities for family physician contract services in China. A multistage cluster random sampling method was adopted to recruit residents aged 18 and above, and a total of 1508 participants were included in this study. The count model and logit regression were adopted to examine the associations between family physician contract service and healthcare utilization, and the potential bias was addressed using the propensity score matching (PSM) method. There was an increase in number of monthly primary care visits and annual referrals for contracted residents compared to noncontracted residents. Participants who had contracted with a family physician were more likely to choose a primary healthcare facility after illness than those who had not. However, no significant change was found in the number of annual hospital admissions between contracted and noncontracted residents. Family physician contract services may effectively strengthen the use of primary care facilities by community residents and promote the formation of a tiered healthcare system in China.
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