Strengthening the primary care system and promoting utilization of primary care are the
major targets of China's ambitious health reforms to meet its people's escalating health care …

Overuse of health care services has become an increasingly severe problem in China.
However, as both academic interests and practical efforts have mainly focused on reducing …

Primary health care, once the cornerstone of China's health system, has been neglected in
the country's market-oriented system. Recent primary care reform was designed to improve …

Primary care is the foundation of the health care system and the basis for new payment and
delivery reforms in the USA. Yet since 2008, primary care visit rates dropped by 6–25 …

Background: Good primary health care can enhance national health status at relatively low
cost. The barefoot doctor model in China was once considered to have been a successful …

Abstract Background In China, patients increasingly choose to access severely overcrowded
higher level hospitals, whereas the lower level facilities often have low frequencies of use …

High‐quality primary health care (PHC) services are associated with better health outcomes
and positive health equity. Providing PHC services to all inhabitants is one of the Chinese …

PURPOSE China introduced a national policy of developing primary care in 2009,
establishing 8,669 community health centers (CHCs) by 2014 that employed more than …

Overuse of health care is a potential factor in explaining the rapid increase in health care
expenditure in many countries; however, it is difficult to measure overuse. This study …

Revitalizing the US Primary Care Infrastructure Primary care is undersupported in the United
States. Moving forward, an investment plan could include oversight, tools, and resources for …