The impact of wage structure and ability on the incentives for practitioners to engage in primary care in China: a mathematical analysis based on the incentive mechanism of heterogeneous practitioners and tripartite evolutionary game

For the first time, our study employs a tripartite evolutionary game model to analyze the development of the general practitioner system. We analyze how the reform of the wage structure can encourage more practitioners to participate in primary healthcare. Our findings can lay the theoretical foundation for subsequent empirical analyses. Moreover, our findings provide theoretical assistance for government decisions and healthcare institutions.