Effects of access to primary healthcare services on health vulnerability among older adults in China: focusing on demographic differences
Policy efforts should prioritize enhancing resource allocation and service capacity at the village clinic level. Concurrently, greater attention should be devoted to ensuring healthcare equity for vulnerable subgroups, including women, those living alone, and individuals with lower educational attainment, within the primary healthcare system. These measures will contribute to reducing health vulnerability among older adults and advancing the goal of healthy aging.
Authors
- Ning Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8746-9829)
- Siyu Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5531-8655)
- Xiaoyu Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2702-227X)
- Lei Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1373-7609)
- Xiaohui Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3670-1752)
- Jun Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2954-4338)
- Liang Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7828-8006)
- Wenwen Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6416-906X)
- Yu Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8623-7812)
Institutions
- Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (CN)
- Shanxi Medical University (CN)
- Xijing Hospital (CN)
- Shanxi Provincial People’s Hospital (CN)
- Air Force Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-10-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1656886
- Primary Topic
- Health and Wellbeing Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00