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Geographic disparities in inpatient service in primary care and patients' choice of first point of consultation: a linked cross-sectional survey and administrative data analysis in Shaanxi of China

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-025-02623-y

Published Online: 2025-09-29

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Authors

Shen, Chi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5417-1444
Ren, Yangling

Zhuang, Yan

Deng, Qiwei

Zhao, Dantong

Zhou, Zhongliang
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

National Natural Science Foundation of China (72104195)

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2021M702577)
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Article History

Received: 19 March 2025

Accepted: 26 August 2025

First Online: 29 September 2025

Declarations

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: This study involving human participants was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Committees of the Xi'an Jiaotong University, China (approval number 2020–1256). All participants in the survey of our study were required to read the informed consent form, only those who had provided informed consent were formally included in the survey.

: The authors declare no competing interests.

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