Background: Incidents of patient-initiated workplace violence against health care workers have been a subject of substantial public attention in China. Patient-initiated violence not only represents a risk of harm to health care providers but is also …
Inadequate care during early childhood can lead to long-term deficits in skill development. Parenting programs are promising tools for improving parenting practices and opportunities for healthy development. We implemented a non-masked …
Introduction Primary healthcare (PHC) serves as the cornerstone for the attainment of universal health coverage (UHC). Efforts to promote UHC should focus on the expansion of access and on healthcare quality. However, robust quality evidence has …
AbstractBackground. China has one of the highest rates of antibiotic resistance. Existing studies document high rates of antibiotic prescription by primary car
We present results of a randomized trial testing alternative approaches of mapping student achievement into rewards for teachers. Teachers in 216 schools in western China were assigned to performance pay schemes where teacher performance was assessed …
Background China has one of the highest rates of antibiotic resistance worldwide. Existing studies document high rates of antibiotic prescription by primary care providers, especially in rural areas, but there has been little research on clinically …
$$Abstract$$Background$$Studies in high-income countries have found that female physicians exhibit better performance than their male counterparts. However, it is largely unclear whether these findings are influenced by case and patient mix bias. We …
Large and increasing numbers of rural-to-urban migrants provided new challenges for tuberculosis control in large cities in China and increased the need for high quality tuberculosis care delivered by clinics in urban migrant communities. Based on a …
Objective The purpose of this paper is to describe current practices of medical waste management, including its generation, investments, collection, storage, segregation, and disposal, and to explore the level of support from upper tiers of the …