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ArticleScientific reports2018

Effect of China's maternal health policy on improving rural hospital delivery: Evidence from two cross-sectional surveys.

Xiaojing Fan, Yongjian Xu, Martyn Stewart, Zhongliang Zhou, Shaonong Dang, Duolao Wang, Jianmin Gao

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Xiaojing FanDepartment of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Centre, Xi'an, P. R. China.
Yongjian XuSchool of Public Policy and Administration, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, P. R. China.
Martyn StewartDepartment of Education and Training, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
Zhongliang ZhouSchool of Public Policy and Administration, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, P. R. China.
Shaonong DangDepartment of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Centre, Xi'an, P. R. China.
Duolao WangDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK. duolao.wang@lstmed.ac.uk.
Jianmin GaoSchool of Public Policy and Administration, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, P. R. China. gaojm@xjtu.edu.cn.

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China Medical Board (CMB) 15-227
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This population-based cross-sectional study aims to explore the effect of China's Rural Hospital Delivery Subsidy (RHDS) policy on the utilization of women's hospital delivery between rural and urban areas. A total of 2398 women were drawn from the Fourth and Fifth National Health Service Surveys, from the Shaanxi province. A generalized linear mixed model was used to analyze the influence of the RHDS policy on the hospital delivery rate. Concentration index and decomposition methods were used to explore the equity of hospital delivery utilization. Prior to introduction of the RHDS policy, the difference in hospital delivery rates was -0.09 (95% CL: -0.16, -0.01) between rural and urban women when adjusting the influence of socioeconomic factors on hospital delivery; after implementation of the policy, the difference was reduced to 0.02 (95% CL: -0.01, 0.06). The horizontal inequity index was reduced from 0.084 to 0.009 for rural women and from 0.070 to 0.011 for urban women. China's Rural Hospital Delivery Subsidy policy had some positive effect on reducing the gap between rural and urban women's hospital delivery rate and inequity. However, there is still a pro-rich inequity of hospital delivery utilization for both rural and urban women.

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Delivery, ObstetricHealth PolicyHospitals, RuralMaternal HealthQuality ImprovementAdultChinaCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth Services AccessibilityHumansPregnancyRural Health ServicesSocioeconomic FactorsYoung Adult

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PMID30120264
PMCPMC6098125

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