Measuring the continuing care needs of inpatients in rural China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

International experience shows that the suitability of a high-performance healthcare system for its given purposes is reflected in its ability to provide a continuum of services that match the changing health status of the given population. Although many low- and middle-income countries have sought to bring movement away from hospital-centered and towards patient-centered healthcare, such efforts have often had poor results, and one of the major reasons for this is the inability to accurately identify which inpatients need continuing care and what kind of continuing of care is needed.

Objectives

To measure and assess the continuing care needs of discharged patients and its influencing factors in rural China.

Methods

Data were obtained from the hospital data

SUBMITTER: Liu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10921697 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature