Impact of health resources allocation on healthcare seeking behavior among inpatients in China
10.3969/j.issn.1674-2982.2017.09.007
- VernacularTitle:我国卫生资源配置对不同收入居民住院就医行为的影响
- Author:
Yinzi JIN
;
Weiming ZHU
;
Yaoguang ZHANG
;
Ling XU
;
Qingyue MENG
- Keywords:
Health resources allocation;
Healthcare seeking behaviors;
Inpatients healthcare;
Residents of different income level
- From:
Chinese Journal of Health Policy
2017;10(9):51-56
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:This study aims at exploring the impact of the health resources allocation on healthcare seeking behavior of inpatients with different income in China. Methods:Data at individual level were collected from China National Health Service Surveys conducted in 2008 and 2013 , interlinked with the data of health resources in county level. Multilevel zero-inflated negative binomial regression and multilevel multinomial logit model were respec-tively used to examine the impact of the health resources allocation on inpatient visits and the influence of the choice of healthcare providers by inpatients. Results: The results show that the increase of the number of beds in primary health centers ( PHCs) and physicians in county hospitals increased inpatient visits within counties. The investments in health resources in PHCs had greater impact on improving the likelihood of inpatient visits within counties for the low-income populations than that for the high-income populations. Conclusion: Investments in health resources in PHCs are vital to improve the healthcare seeking behaviors of the low-income populations in China.
