2022
Hospital admission risks and ambient fine particulate matter exposure in Beijing, China
Wu Z, Liang F, Chen X, Liu G, Li G, Tian L, Guo Q, Yang C, Zhou Z, Pan X, Liu Y. Hospital admission risks and ambient fine particulate matter exposure in Beijing, China. Atmospheric Environment 2022, 288: 119291. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2022.119291.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHospital admission riskMalignant tumorsRespiratory diseaseAllergic diseasesUrogenital diseasesPM2.5 exposureMetabolic diseasesMental disordersAdmission riskLong-term exposureAmbient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposureFine particulate matter exposureAmbient PM2.5 exposureLong-term PM2.5 exposureParticulate matter exposurePoisson regression modelsAmbient PM2.5 levelsIschemic strokeCirculatory diseasesMatter exposureHA riskAge groupsTumorsDiseaseSubgroup populations
2020
How and to what extent can pensions facilitate increased use of health services by older people: evidence from social pension expansion in rural China
Chen S, Chen X, Law S, Lucas H, Tang S, Long Q, Xue L, Wang Z. How and to what extent can pensions facilitate increased use of health services by older people: evidence from social pension expansion in rural China. BMC Health Services Research 2020, 20: 1008. PMID: 33148248, PMCID: PMC7640495, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-05831-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth service utilizationService utilizationHealth servicesOlder peopleFrequency of outpatientInpatient service useHealthcare-seeking behaviorRetirement Longitudinal StudyProportion of peopleTraditional Chinese medicineHealthcare utilisationService useEconomic burdenInpatient servicesAge groupsAdditional economic burdenChina HealthOlder adultsChinese medicineMethodsUsing dataLongitudinal studyOutpatientsRegression analysisState of healthFuzzy regression discontinuity design
2014
Commercial plasma donation and individual health in impoverished rural China
Chen X. Commercial plasma donation and individual health in impoverished rural China. Health Economics Review 2014, 4: 30. PMID: 26208930, PMCID: PMC4502079, DOI: 10.1186/s13561-014-0030-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCommercial plasma donationSelf-rated healthPlasma donationPlasma donorsInfectious diseasesLower self-rated healthHepatitis C epidemicWorse health statusHIV/AIDSAppetite lossHepatitis screeningC epidemicHealth statusAge groupsNegative health impactsBlood bankFrequent donationsEffective interventionsWidespread epidemicStandard deviation declineHealth impactsHigher chanceIndividual healthLinear regression modelsEffects model