Evaluation of Difference of Urban and Rural Residents for the First Medical Consultation Site based on Propensity Score Match

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10.2991/febm-16.2016.54How to use a DOI?

Keywords

propensity score match; the first medical consultation site; difference; urban; rural

Abstract

Objective: To study the difference of urban and rural residents forÿthe first medical consultation Site and to expand the evaluating method for basic public healthÿservice accessibility.ÿMethods: 1955 residents were randomly sampled from urban and rural district; Propensity score were used to balance the biasÿbetweenÿgroups; Statistical analysis was performedÿonÿthe data to study the difference before and after the propensity scoreÿmatch. Results: After the propensity score match, age, culture degree, and insurance were balanced between groups. The difference of the first medical consultation site was not statistically significant betweenÿurban and rural Residents. Conclusion: After the basic public health serviceÿproject, the first medical consultation site was not statistically significant from rural residents achieved the same; the effect of basic public health servicesÿin spaceÿis significant.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Hongqing An
AU  - Yujia Kong
AU  - Wei Li
PY  - 2016/11
DA  - 2016/11
TI  - Evaluation of Difference of Urban and Rural Residents for the First Medical Consultation Site based on Propensity Score Match
BT  - Proceedings of the First International Conference Economic and Business Management 2016
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 358
EP  - 364
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/febm-16.2016.54
DO  - 10.2991/febm-16.2016.54
ID  - An2016/11
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