Measurements of quality of village-level care and patients' healthcare-seeking behaviors in rural China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although the progress in global health initiatives has improved the availability of primary health care (PHC), unqualified healthcare remains a serious challenge in low- and middle-income countries, where PHC is often underutilized. This study examines factors associated with patients' healthcare-seeking behaviors in rural Chin-seeking healthcare at village-level PHC providers, at higher-level health facilities, self-medicating, and refraining from seeking medical help. We focus on provider-side factors, including (1) the unobservable quality indicator, (2) the observable quality indicator, and (3) the observable signal indicator.

Methods

We analyzed 1578 episodes of healthcare-seeking behaviors of patients with diarrhea or cough/runny nose symptom from surveys co

SUBMITTER: Rao S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8520638 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature