Journal article
Coordination of care in the Chinese health care systems: a gap analysis of service delivery from a provider perspective
Abstract
BackgroundIncreases in health care utilization and costs, resulting from the rising prevalence of chronic conditions related to the aging population, is exacerbated by a high level of fragmentation that characterizes health care systems in China. There have been several pilot studies in China, aimed at system-level care coordination and its impact on the full integration of health care system, but little is known about their practical effects. …
Authors
Wang X; Birch S; Zhu W; Ma H; Embrett M; Meng Q
Journal
BMC Health Services Research, Vol. 16, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 2016
DOI
10.1186/s12913-016-1813-8
ISSN
1472-6963