Equity of the essential public health service in rural china: evidence from a nationwide survey of hypertensive patients

To explore healthcare disparities in rural China two years after the implementation of the Essential Public Health Service (EPHS) reform in 2009. A cross-sectional study was conducted by surveying 930 hypertension patients (HPs) from different regions in rural China in 2011. The percentages of patie...

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Published in:Pakistan journal of medical sciences 2013-08, Vol.29 (4), p.1012-1017
Main Authors: Zhou, Donghua, Feng, Zhanchun, He, Shasha, Sun, Xi, Ma, Caihui, Lv, Benyan, Zou, Xiong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Health care reform
Hypertension
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Public health
Surveys
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Summary:To explore healthcare disparities in rural China two years after the implementation of the Essential Public Health Service (EPHS) reform in 2009. A cross-sectional study was conducted by surveying 930 hypertension patients (HPs) from different regions in rural China in 2011. The percentages of patients using recommended four or more follow-up visits in a year were calculated by patient socio-demographic characteristics and statistically examined using chi-square and logistic regression to uncover disparities and correlated factors in EPHS use. The rates were not significantly different by age, gender, education, insurance status or income, but significantly different by region and hypertension history (p
ISSN:1682-024X
1681-715X
DOI:10.12669/pjms.294.3773