Analysis on the willingness and influencing factors of choosing primary healthcare institutions among patients with chronic conditions in China: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the willingness and factors influencing the choice of primary healthcare (PHC) institutions among patients with chronic conditions in China.

Design

A nationwide population-based study with binary logistic regression was conducted and used to estimate the ORs of the influencing factors of health-seeking at PHC institutions using the Anderson model as a theoretical framework.

Setting

The China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) database.

Participants

The study sample included 7967 patients with chronic conditions identified from the 2016 and 2018 CFPS databases.

Results

From 2016 to 2018, the rate of choosing PHC institutions for patients with chronic conditions dropped from 51.0% to 47.7%. The logistic regression results showed that patients

SUBMITTER: Teng L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8968512 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature