Impact of shifting blood donation policy from gift to honour model: staggered difference-in-differences analysis in China
The honour model of blood donation increased the quantity of blood donation in China, while donation quality remained unchanged. This impact was sustained after the introduction of the honour model within the study period.
Authors
- Zhong Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2756-0441)
- Pascal Geldsetzer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8878-5505)
- Bo Pan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5792-9158)
- Yiming Pan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4391-0226)
- Xiang Chen
- Wen-Hua Wei
- Ling Li
- Yuhao Liu
- Zhoutao Zheng
- Till Bärnighausen
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (GB)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- Third People's Hospital of Chengdu (CN)
- Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (United States) (US)
- Africa Health Research Institute (ZA)
- Harvard Global Health Institute (US)
- Southwest Jiaotong University (CN)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ
- Published
- 2026-01-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2025-084999
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Blood donation and transfusion practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 66.73
Funders
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
- Peking Union Medical College
- HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme