Does descending health resources reform impact patient low-level hospital selection behavior? Evidence from Zhejiang, China

• Main Authors: Zesheng SUN (Author), Shuhong WANG (Author), Hongjun ZHAO (Author), Xu ZHOU (Author), Ludan ZHANG (Author), Jiongping SHI (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Since 2013, China launched descending resources reform, which is a new attempt to correct unbalanced allocation of health resources through human capital spillovers and brand implantation from high-level hospitals. The purpose of this paper is to explore the patients' hospit...