Evaluation of coupling and coordination, obstacle diagnosis, and optimization pathways of medical–preventive integration in primary healthcare institutions in Hebei Province from 2017 to 2024

• Botao Yang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Botao Yang

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Economics and Management, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, China, Center for Health Policy and Management Research, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, China

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• Kexin Li ,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ KL and ZZ also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations School of Economics and Management, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, China, Center for Health Policy and Management Research, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, China

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• Zike Zhao ,

  Roles Resources, Software

  ¶‡ KL and ZZ also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations School of Economics and Management, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, China, Center for Health Policy and Management Research, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, China

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• Zhihui Cao

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: caozhihui1977@126.com

  Affiliations School of Economics and Management, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, China, Center for Health Policy and Management Research, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7097-9232

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