About the Authors

Zhongliang Zhou

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhongliang Zhou, Zhiying Zhou

Affiliation School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

Zhiying Zhou

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhongliang Zhou, Zhiying Zhou

Affiliation Institute of Health Administration and Policy, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

Jianmin Gao

Affiliation School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

Xiaowei Yang

Affiliation School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

Ju'e Yan

Affiliation School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

Qinxiang Xue

Affiliation School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

Gang Chen

Gang.Chen@flinders.edu.au

Affiliation Flinders Health Economics Group, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZLZ JG. Analyzed the data: ZLZ ZYZ GC. Wrote the paper: ZLZ GC. Acquisition of data: ZYZ JG XY JY QX. Critical revision of the manuscript: GC JG.