Diabetes management at the grass-root level without gatekeeping: exploring the association between primary care seeking and health outcomes
Continuity at PHC significantly lowers hospitalization and healthcare costs in China's non-gatekeeping system. However, no significant improvement in glycemic control among poorly controlled diabetes was observed. Strengthening PHC capacity for personalized diabetes management and timely hospital referrals is essential to optimize outcomes.
Authors
- Jiayan Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4166-6119)
- J. F. Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3871-5431)
- Yongsong Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6322-3699)
- Sumit Kane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4858-7344)
- Gaofeng Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4530-3963)
- Weijun Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5962-0509)
- Yin Dong
Institutions
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Fudan University (CN)
- The George Institute for Global Health (AU)
- Zhejiang Yuhua Electronics (China) (CN)
- Yuxian People's Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Primary Care
- Published
- 2025-11-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-025-03058-8
- Primary Topic
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00