Determinants of Initial Utilization of Community Healthcare Services among Patients with Major Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases in South China

Huajie Yang; Xiang Huang; Zhiheng Zhou; Harry H. X. Wang; Xinyue Tong; Zhihong Wang; Jiaji Wang; Zuxun Lu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0116051

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Determinants of Initial Utilization of Community Healthcare Services among Patients with Major Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases in South China

Huajie Yang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Huajie Yang, Xiang Huang

Affiliations School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China, The Affiliated Liyuan Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430077, China
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Xiang Huang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Huajie Yang, Xiang Huang

Affiliation School of Public Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510182, China
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Zhiheng Zhou,

Affiliation School of Public Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510182, China
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Harry H. X. Wang,

Affiliations School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong, General Practice and Primary Care, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 9LX, United Kingdom
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Xinyue Tong,

Affiliation School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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Zhihong Wang,

Affiliation The Affiliated Liyuan Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430077, China
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Jiaji Wang ,

* E-mail: wjiaji@163.com (JW); zuxunlu@yahoo.com (ZL)

Affiliation School of Public Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510182, China
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Zuxun Lu

* E-mail: wjiaji@163.com (JW); zuxunlu@yahoo.com (ZL)

Affiliation School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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Determinants of Initial Utilization of Community Healthcare Services among Patients with Major Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases in South China

Huajie Yang,
Xiang Huang,
Zhiheng Zhou,
Harry H. X. Wang,
Xinyue Tong,
Zhihong Wang,
Jiaji Wang,
Zuxun Lu

Published: December 29, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116051

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