Rural and urban differences in patient experience in China: a coarsened exact matching study from the perspective of residents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient experience is a key measure widely used to evaluate quality of healthcare, yet there is little discussion about it in China using national survey data. This study aimed to explore rural and urban differences in patient experience in China.

Methods

Data regarding this study were drawn from Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) 2015, with a sample size of 9604. Patient experience was measured by the evaluation on healthcare services. Coarsened exact matching (CEM) method was used to balance covariates between the rural and urban respondents. Three thousand three hundred seventy-two participants finally comprised the matched cohort, including 1592 rural residents and 1780 urban residents. Rural and urban differences in patient experience were tested by ordinar

SUBMITTER: Zhao D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8042990 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature