Analysis on equity of health service utilization and influencing factors in patients with hypertension in China: a longitudinal study

• Published in: BMC health services research Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 1644 - 12
• Main Authors: Yang, Xiaoqian, Lin, Chunmei, Qin, Jiangmei, Zhang, Yanchun, Zhang, Lifang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 23.12.2024; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Cardiovascular disease; Care and treatment; China; China - epidemiology; Chronic illnesses; Concentration index; Equity; Female; Health care disparities; Health care policy; Health disparities; Health services utilization; Healthcare Disparities - statistics & numerical data; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Households; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - therapy; Influencing factors; Length of stay; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Medical care; Middle Aged; Outpatient care facilities; Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data; Polls & surveys; Public health; Socioeconomic Factors; Surveys; Utilization; Utilization of health services; China; India; Hypertension; Equity; Concentration index; Influencing factors; Utilization of health services; China
• ISSN: 1472-6963; 1472-6963
• DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-11839-7

Hypertension has become a major public health and social problem endangering the health of Chinese residents, and has brought a large economic burden of diseases to families and even the whole society. Promoting the equity of health service utilization for patients with hypertension is of great sign...