Rural and urban differences in health system performance among older Chinese adults: cross-sectional analysis of a national sample.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Despite improvement in health outcomes over the past few decades, China still experiences striking rural-urban health inequalities. There is limited research on the rural-urban differences in health system performance in China. METHOD:We conducted a cross-sectional analysis to compare health system performance between rural and urban areas in five key domains of the health system: effectiveness, cost, access, patient-centredness and equity, using data from the WHO Study on Global AGEing and adult health (SAGE), China. Multiple logistic and linear regression models were used to assess the first four domains, adjusting for individual characteristics, and a relative index of inequality (RII) was used to measure the equity domain. FINDINGS:Compared to urban areas, rural areas had po

SUBMITTER: Qin VM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7197140 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature