Patients' and Care Professionals' Evaluation of the Effect of a Hospital Group on Integrated Care in Chinese Urban Health Systems: A Propensity Score Matching and Difference-in-differences Regression Approach.

Xin Wang Caiyun Zheng Yao Wang Stephen Birch Yi Xiang Huang Pim Peter Valentijn

Published in: International journal of health policy and management (2023)

The results suggests that the effect of the hospital group on integrated care over and above routine strategies for integrated care is limited. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to implementing professional, clinical and other integration strategies beyond establishing hospital groups, in urban Chinese health systems.

Keyphrases

healthcare
palliative care
quality improvement
pain management
affordable care act
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adverse drug
emergency department
acute care
prognostic factors
chronic pain