Effect of family practice contract services on the quality of primary care in Guangzhou, China: a cross-sectional study using PCAT-AE.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Current healthcare reform in China has an overall goal of strengthening primary care and establishing a family practice system based on contract services. The objective of this study was to determine whether contracting a general practitioner (GP) could improve quality of primary care.

Design

A cross-sectional study using two-stage sampling conducted from June to September 2014. Propensity score matching (PSM) was employed to control for confounding between patients with and without contracted GP.

Setting

Three community health centres in Guangzhou, China.

Participants

698 patients aged 18-89 years.

Main outcome measures

The quality of primary care was measured using a validated Chinese version of primary care assessment tool (PCAT). Eight doma

SUBMITTER: Li L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6252701 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature