The willingness of patients to make the first visit to primary care institutions and its influencing factors in Beijing medical alliances: a comparative study of Beijing’s medical resource-rich and scarce regions

The willingness of patients to make the first visit to primary care institutions and its influencing factors in Beijing medical alliances: a comparative study of Beijing’s medical resource-rich and scarce regions

Abstract Background To improve the efficiency of the use of medical resources, China has implemented medical alliances (MAs) to implement a hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system. The willingness to undertake a first visit to primary care institutions (PCIs) is an important indicator of the eff...

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Main Authors: Haiyan Song, Xu Zuo, Chengsen Cui, Kai Meng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Medical alliances
First visit to primary care institutions
Willingness
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-019-4184-0

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