Background Globally, health‐care systems and organizations are looking to improve health
system performance through the implementation of a person‐centred care ( PCC ) model. …

Objectives: To describe patterns in physician and hospital utilization among rural and urban
populations in China and to determine factors associated with any differences. Methods: In …

Background The Asian population is one of the fastest growing ethnic minority groups in
western countries. However, cancer screening uptake is consistently lower in this group than in …

No other country has undergone health care reforms as dramatic as China’s. Starting in 1978,
China reformed its health system from a governmental, centrally planned, and universal …

This paper investigates to what extent psychiatric disorders and mental distress affect labor
market outcomes in two rapidly growing populations that have not been studied to date–…

Impact of isolation precautions on psychological wellbeing of patients has yet to be fully
quantified. To assess the impact of isolation precautions on patients' health-related quality of life …

Background Although the expenses of liver cirrhosis are covered by a critical illness fund
under the current health insurance program in China, the economic burden associated with …

Background China’s recent growth in income has been unequally distributed, resulting in
an unusually rapid retreat from relative income equality, which has impacted negatively on …

Background The literature comparing private not-for-profit, for-profit, and government providers
mostly relies on empirical evidence from high-income and established market economies…

Objectives The shift to the patient-centred care (PCC) model as a healthcare delivery
paradigm calls for systematic measurement and evaluation. In an attempt to develop patient-…