ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Regional Heterogeneity of Application and Effect of Telemedicine in the Primary Care Centres in Rural China.
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- Characterizing Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations of High-Cost Patients in Rural China.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- The use of information and communication technology in Japanese rural clinics.Journal of rural medicine : JRM · 2021Article
- The Challenges of Telemedicine in Rheumatology.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Review
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Abstract
The increasing concerns of the geographical maldistribution of medical resources have sparked worldwide interests in exploring the potential of telemedicine in the rural health system. This study aimed to investigate the application and effect of telemedicine as well as their regional heterogeneity in the primary care centres in rural China. Based on the stratified multistage cluster sampling, a cross-sectional study was conducted among 358 township health centres (THCs) from eastern, central and western China. A self-administered questionnaire was used and the data of the Health Statistical Annual Reports in 2017 were collected to investigate the implication of telemedicine as well as the performance and other characteristics of each THCs. Propensity score matching was used to estimate the effect of telemedicine application on the bed occupancy rate and the number of annual outpatient visits of the THCs, with comparison among the regions. The overall prevalence of telemedicine application was 58.66% in 2017, and it was found to increase the bed occupancy rate of the THCs in the national range (
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