Preference to Family Doctor Contracted Service of Patients with Chronic Disease in Urban China: A Discrete Choice Experiment

Wang, Haode; Sun, Hui‐Chuan; Jin, Chunlin; Wang, Meifeng; Luo, Yashuang; Song, Wenqian; Wang, Haiyin

doi:10.2147/ppa.s371188

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“…Clinical Competency is the most valued domain of the good primary care doctor by Chinese patients. This result is consistent with studies in other countries [ 18 ] and the recent studies in China [ 42 , 43 ]. However, previous studies did not provide the operational definition of clinical competency in the Chinese context.…”

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Patient views of the good doctor in primary care: a qualitative study in six provinces in China

Wang

Zhang

Lü

et al. 2023

glob health res policy

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Background China has been striving to train primary care doctors capable of delivering high-quality service through general practitioner training programs and family doctor team reforms, but these initiatives have not adequately met patient needs and expectations. In order to guide further reform efforts to better meet patient expectations, this study generates a profile of the good doctor in primary care from the patient perspective. Methods Semi-structured interviews were conducted in six provinces (Shandong, Zhejiang, Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Heilongjiang) in China. A total of 58 interviewees completed the recorded interviews. Tape-based analysis was used to produce narrative summaries. Trained research assistants listened to the recordings of the interviews and summarized them by 30-s segments. Thematic analysis was performed on narrative summaries to identify thematic families. Results Five domains and 18 attributes were generated from the analysis of the interview data. The domains of the good doctor in primary care from the patient perspective were: strong Clinical Competency (mentioned by 97% of participants) and Professionalism & Humanism (mentioned by 93% of participants) during service delivery, followed by Service Provision and Information Communication (mentioned by 74% and 62% of participants, respectively). Moreover, Chinese patients expect that primary care doctors have high educational attainment and a good personality (mentioned by 41% of participants). Conclusions This five-domain profile of the good doctor in primary care constitutes a foundation for further primary care workforce capacity building. Further primary care reform efforts should reflect the patient views and expectations, especially in the family physician competency framework and primary care performance assessment system development. Meanwhile, frontline primary care organizations also need to create supportive environments to assist competent doctors practice in primary care, especially through facilitating the learning of primary care doctors and improving their well-being.

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confidence: 94%