Trial reportPloS one2013
The ecology of medical care in Beijing.
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33 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Social determinants of health and their relation to suboptimal health status in the context of 3PM: a latent profile analysis.The EPMA journal · 2024Article
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- Cardiovascular health in China: Low level vs high diversity.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2020Article
- Development of type 2 diabetes mellitus quality indicators in general practice by a modified Delphi method in Beijing, China.BMC family practice · 2020Article
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- Family medicine training in China: crisis and opportunity.Family medicine and community health · 2020Article
- The ecology of medical care: access points to the health care system in Austria and other developed countries.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2019Article
- Discovering and doing family medicine and community health research.Family medicine and community health · 2019Article
- Cancer diagnosis and care among rural-to-urban migrants in China.BMJ global health · 2019Article
- The ecology of medical care on the westernmost remote island, Yonaguni Island, Japan: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2018Observational
- Hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control in northeast China: a population-based cross-sectional survey.Journal of human hypertension · 2017Article
- Reassessing the Ecology of Medical Care in Japan.Journal of community health · 2017Article
- Practices and attitudes of doctors and patients to downward referral in Shanghai, China.BMJ open · 2017Article
- Pre- and undiagnosed-hypertension in urban Chinese adults: a population-based cross-sectional study.Journal of human hypertension · 2017Article
- Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases and Multimorbidity in a Primary Care Context of Central Argentina: A Web-Based Interactive and Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundWe presented the pattern of health care consumption, and the utilization of available resources by describing the ecology of medical care in Beijing on a monthly basis and by describing the socio-demographic characteristics associated with receipt care in different settings.
methodsA cohort of 6,592 adults, 15 years of age and older were sampled to estimate the number of urban-resident adults per 1,000 who visited a medical facility at least once in a month, by the method of three-stage stratified and cluster random sampling. Separate logistic regression analyses assessed the association between those receiving care in different types of setting and their socio-demographic characteristics.
resultsOn average per 1,000 adults, 295 had at least one symptom, 217 considered seeking medical care, 173 consulted a physician, 129 visited western medical practitioners, 127 visited a hospital-based outpatient clinic, 78 visited traditional Chinese medical practitioners, 43 visited a primary care physician, 35 received care in an emergency department, 15 were hospitalized. Health care seeking behaviors varied with socio-demographic characteristics, such as gender, age, ethnicity, resident census register, marital status, education, income, and health insurance status. In term of primary care, the gate-keeping and referral roles of Community Health Centers have not yet been fully established in Beijing.
conclusionsThis study represents a first attempt to map the medical care ecology of Beijing urban population and provides timely baseline information for health care reform in China.
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