The impact of hospital attributes on patient choice for first visit: evidence from a discrete choice experiment in Shanghai, China.

ABSTRACT: The underutilization of primary care in urban China threatens the efficiency and effectiveness of the Chinese health system. To guide patient flow to primary care, the Chinese government has rolled out a sequence of health care reforms which improve the affordability, the infrastructure and workforce of the primary care system. However, these measures have not yielded the desired effect on the utilization of primary care, which is lowest in urban areas. It is unclear how the factors identified to influence facility choice in urban China are actually impacting choice behaviour. We conducted a discrete choice experiment to elicit the quantitative impact of facility attributes when choosing a health care facility for first visit and analysed how the stated choice varies with these attributes.

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7152730 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature