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Does increasing physician volume in primary healthcare facilities under the hierarchical medical system help reduce hospital service utilisation in China? A fixed-effects analysis using province-level panel data

OBJECTIVE: To examine whether increases in physician volume in primary healthcare facilities are associated with reduced utilisation of hospital outpatient and inpatient services after China facilitated the establishment of the hierarchical medical system. DESIGN: We used a two-way fixed-effects reg...

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Autores principales: Li, Xiaotong, Xu, Huiwen, Du, Fang, Zhu, Bin, Xie, Pei, Wang, Hankun, Han, Xinxin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9950906/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36822814
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066375