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ArticleFrontiers in public health2021

Patient Choice and Willingness Toward Gatekeepers as First-Contact Medical Institutions in Chinese Tiered Healthcare Delivery System: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Xia Li, Liang Zhang, Zhong Li, Wenxi Tang

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xia LiSchool of International Pharmaceutical Business, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Liang ZhangSchool of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Zhong LiSchool of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Wenxi TangSchool of International Pharmaceutical Business, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
China Pharmaceutical University · CNHuazhong University of Science and Technology · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Delivery of Health CarePatient PreferenceChinaCross-Sectional StudiesGatekeepingHumansfirst contactgatekeeperinfluencing factorspatient choicepatient willingnessprimary care institutionstiered health care delivery system

Identifiers

PMID34249837
PMCPMC8261039
OpenAlexW3176998938

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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