Determinants of initial utilization of community healthcare services among patients with major non-communicable chronic diseases in South China.

BACKGROUND: Although expected to act as gate-keeping primary care providers, as community health service (CHS) facilities are severely under-utilized; Chinese people in both rural and urban areas used predominantly higher-tier facilities for primary care purpose, with significant financial and outco...

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Main Authors: Huajie Yang, Xiang Huang, Zhiheng Zhou, Harry H X Wang, Xinyue Tong, Zhihong Wang, Jiaji Wang, Zuxun Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4278805?pdf=render