Department of Information Center Reports Findings in Managed Care (Analysis of Influencing Factors and Demand Forecast of Single Disease Demand in Chinese Public Hospitals): Managed Care

2023 JUN 02 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Education Daily Report -- New research on Managed Care is the subject of a report. According to news originating from Hebei, People’s Republic of China, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “In this study, we examine influencing factors and demand forecast of single disease demand in Chinese public hospitals. We conducted a preliminary screening of the literature, according to a literature search strategy and inclusion and exclusion criteria.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the Department of Information Center, “Related Chinese and English articles between 2000 and 2022 were searched in the Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang, PubMed, and Elsevier databases and Google Scholar. The Jadad literature scoring mechanism was used, and Stata/SE version 12.0 software was used to perform a meta-analysis of the effect size of literature statistics. The outcome index was the 2-week visit rate. We included 13 articles for meta-analysis. Their combined effect size and 95% confidence interval for chronic disease, age, gender, economic factors, medical insurance form and education level were 3.43 (2.26, 5.51), 2.53 (1.74, 3.68), 1.3 (1.16, 1.46), 2.31 (1.16, 4.61), 3.2 (2.98, 3.45) and 1.35 (1.14, 1.6), respectively. Results revealed that for patients with chronic diseases, those >60 years of age and families with better economic conditions and higher levels of education correlated with a higher demand for medical services among families with medical insurance for urban residents. Using meta-analysis, we analyzed the factors that affect the demand for medical services in China. From demographic and economic factors, national medical insurance policies and residents’ health status, we analyzed the relationship between patients with a single disease and other factors.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “With respect to the influence of medical service demand, relevant departments should take effective measures to increase medical service demand according to the influencing factor of the 2-week visit rate and simultaneously provide scientific theoretical guidance for medical reform.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Analysis of Influencing Factors and Demand Forecast of Single Disease Demand in Chinese Public Hospitals. American Journal of Health Behavior, 2023;47(2):386-396. American Journal of Health Behavior can be contacted at: Png Publications, 2205-K Oak Ridge Rd, #115, Oak Ridge, NC 27310, USA.

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Xi Zhai, Dept. of Information Center, Children’s Hospital of Hebei, Shjiazhuang, Hebei, People’s Republic of China.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.5993/ajhb.47.2.18. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

The publisher’s contact information for the American Journal of Health Behavior is: Png Publications, 2205-K Oak Ridge Rd, #115, Oak Ridge, NC 27310, USA.

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