2022
The whole-of-society approach of mass COVID-19 vaccination in China: a qualitative study
Wang Q, Qu Z, Tu S, Chen X, Hou Z. The whole-of-society approach of mass COVID-19 vaccination in China: a qualitative study. Health Research Policy And Systems 2022, 20: 142. PMID: 36585666, PMCID: PMC9802023, DOI: 10.1186/s12961-022-00947-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSociety approachNon-health sectorsKey informant interviewsSemi-structured interviewsGovernment engagementThematic analysis approachPolicy documentsGovernance perspectiveHealth systems frameworkCOVID-19 vaccinationInformant interviewsService deliveryVaccination coverageQualitative studySystem strengtheningHealth workforceBackgroundMany countriesFinancing channelsCOVID-19 pandemicVaccination service deliveryCountriesVaccination systemDigital information systemsOlder adultsImplementation experienceProjecting Long-Term Care Costs for Home and Community-Based Services in China from 2005 to 2050
Jin H, Su Y, Ping Y, Pickersgill S, Chen X, Liu X, Watkins D, Li Y, Liu H, Wu C. Projecting Long-Term Care Costs for Home and Community-Based Services in China from 2005 to 2050. Journal Of The American Medical Directors Association 2022, 24: 228-234. PMID: 36502859, PMCID: PMC10134410, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2022.11.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe path to healthy ageing in China: a Peking University–Lancet Commission
Chen X, Giles J, Yao Y, Yip W, Meng Q, Berkman L, Chen H, Chen X, Feng J, Feng Z, Glinskaya E, Gong J, Hu P, Kan H, Lei X, Liu X, Steptoe A, Wang G, Wang H, Wang H, Wang X, Wang Y, Yang L, Zhang L, Zhang Q, Wu J, Wu Z, Strauss J, Smith J, Zhao Y. The path to healthy ageing in China: a Peking University–Lancet Commission. The Lancet 2022, 400: 1967-2006. PMID: 36423650, PMCID: PMC9801271, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(22)01546-x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
The role of institutional trust in preventive practices and treatment-seeking intention during the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak among residents in Hubei, China
Wong LP, Wu Q, Hao Y, Chen X, Chen Z, Alias H, Shen M, Hu J, Duan S, Zhang J, Han L. The role of institutional trust in preventive practices and treatment-seeking intention during the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak among residents in Hubei, China. International Health 2021, 14: 161-169. PMID: 33945613, PMCID: PMC8135875, DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihab023.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Comparison of health care utilization among patients affiliated and not affiliated with healthcare professionals in China
Si Y, Zhou Z, Su M, Hu H, Yang Z, Chen X. Comparison of health care utilization among patients affiliated and not affiliated with healthcare professionals in China. BMC Health Services Research 2020, 20: 1118. PMID: 33272275, PMCID: PMC7713311, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-05895-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care utilizationCare utilizationHealthcare professionalsOutpatient visitsHealth careSupplier-induced demandHealth care costsHigh-quality health careCounterpart patientsInpatient visitsMAIN OUTCOMEPatientsCare costsConclusionOur resultsCare expensesCare expendituresCross-sectional dataVisitsCareChina Labor-force Dynamics SurveySID hypothesisCoarsened exact matchingProvider incentivesProfessionalsProportionHow 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 designUnderstanding Health and Social Challenges for Aging and Long-Term Care in China
Yang W, Wu B, Tan SY, Li B, Lou VWQ, Chen Z, Chen X, Fletcher JR, Carrino L, Hu B, Zhang A, Hu M, Wang Y. Understanding Health and Social Challenges for Aging and Long-Term Care in China. Research On Aging 2020, 43: 127-135. PMID: 32677535, PMCID: PMC7961665, DOI: 10.1177/0164027520938764.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeasuring spatial accessibility and within-province disparities in accessibility to county hospitals in Shaanxi Province of Western China based on web mapping navigation data
Shen C, Zhou Z, Lai S, Lu L, Dong W, Su M, Zhang J, Wang X, Deng Q, Chen Y, Chen X. Measuring spatial accessibility and within-province disparities in accessibility to county hospitals in Shaanxi Province of Western China based on web mapping navigation data. International Journal For Equity In Health 2020, 19: 99. PMID: 32552715, PMCID: PMC7302366, DOI: 10.1186/s12939-020-01217-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBarriers of effective health insurance coverage for rural-to-urban migrant workers in China: a systematic review and policy gap analysis
Chen S, Chen Y, Feng Z, Chen X, Wang Z, Zhu J, Jin J, Yao Q, Xiang L, Yao L, Sun J, Zhao L, Fung H, Wong EL, Dong D. Barriers of effective health insurance coverage for rural-to-urban migrant workers in China: a systematic review and policy gap analysis. BMC Public Health 2020, 20: 408. PMID: 32228665, PMCID: PMC7106835, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-8448-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrban migrant workersEffective health insurance coverageMigrant workersJob stabilityDisadvantaged positionSocial welfare schemesChinese central governmentPolicy gap analysisHealth insurance schemeReluctance of employersChina’s total populationInsurance schemeMore vocational trainingCurrent health insurance schemesCentral governmentWelfare schemesSocial health insuranceWork mobilityLow job stabilityPolicy suggestionsVocational trainingHealthcare policyHealth insurance coverageHealth needsEmployersLinking early life risk factors to frailty in old age: evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study
Li Y, Xue QL, Odden MC, Chen X, Wu C. Linking early life risk factors to frailty in old age: evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. Age And Ageing 2020, 49: 208-217. PMID: 31957780, PMCID: PMC7047816, DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afz160.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly life risk factorsLife risk factorsRisk factorsChildhood health statusRetirement Longitudinal StudyRisk differenceHealth statusChina HealthOlder ageOlder adultsAbsolute risk differenceCross-sectional studyLongitudinal studyUnfavorable socioeconomic statusLate-life frailtyWorse health conditionsChinese older adultsMiddle-income countriesDevelopment of diseaseHigh riskLower riskRepresentative cohortMultinomial regression modelsHealth conditionsFrailtyAssociations between prenatal sunshine exposure and birth outcomes in China
Zhang X, Wang Y, Chen X, Zhang X. Associations between prenatal sunshine exposure and birth outcomes in China. The Science Of The Total Environment 2020, 713: 136472. PMID: 31955080, PMCID: PMC7047502, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136472.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Depression in the house: The effects of household air pollution from solid fuel use among the middle-aged and older population in China
Liu Y, Chen X, Yan Z. Depression in the house: The effects of household air pollution from solid fuel use among the middle-aged and older population in China. The Science Of The Total Environment 2019, 703: 134706. PMID: 31731156, PMCID: PMC9420076, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134706.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigher CES-D scoresHousehold air pollutionSolid fuel usersCES-D scoresDepression riskPotential confoundersSolid fuel useEpidemiologic Studies Depression Scale scoreHAP exposureOlder populationFuel usersChronic lung diseaseClean fuel usersDepression Scale scoresPublic health effortsAmbient air pollutionHousehold solid fuel useAdverse health effectsLung diseaseDepression outcomesChronic diseasesCardiovascular diseaseHealth effortsScale scoreHealth statusChina in transition: health, wealth, and globalisation
Liu GG, Chen X. China in transition: health, wealth, and globalisation. The Lancet Public Health 2019, 4: e444-e445. PMID: 31493838, PMCID: PMC6790332, DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(19)30151-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDecomposing inequality in catastrophic health expenditure for self-reported hypertension household in Urban Shaanxi, China from 2008 to 2013: two waves’ cross-sectional study
Si Y, Zhou Z, Su M, Wang X, Lan X, Wang D, Gong S, Xiao X, Shen C, Ren Y, Zhao D, Hong Z, Bian Y, Chen X. Decomposing inequality in catastrophic health expenditure for self-reported hypertension household in Urban Shaanxi, China from 2008 to 2013: two waves’ cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 2019, 9: e023033. PMID: 31076467, PMCID: PMC6528006, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCatastrophic health expenditurePro-poor inequalityMixed householdsHealth expenditureIncome-related inequalitiesNational Health Services SurveyPocket healthcare expenditureHousehold economic statusFifth National Health Service SurveysHealthcare reformHealth Services SurveyCHE occurrenceHousehold capacityObserved inequalitiesProbit regressionUrban ChinaConcentration indexHouseholdsHealthcare expendituresEconomic statusChina's healthcare reformElderly membersExpenditureInequalityServices Survey
2018
Does money relieve depression? Evidence from social pension expansions in China
Chen X, Wang T, Busch SH. Does money relieve depression? Evidence from social pension expansions in China. Social Science & Medicine 2018, 220: 411-420. PMID: 30530234, PMCID: PMC6800113, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.12.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssessing the effects of the percentage of chronic disease in households on health payment-induced poverty in Shaanxi Province, China
Lan X, Zhou Z, Si Y, Shen C, Fan X, Chen G, Zhao D, Chen X. Assessing the effects of the percentage of chronic disease in households on health payment-induced poverty in Shaanxi Province, China. BMC Health Services Research 2018, 18: 871. PMID: 30458772, PMCID: PMC6245518, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-018-3698-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth payment-induced povertyNational Health Services SurveyChronic patientsChronic diseasesChina National Health Services SurveyMore chronic diseasesNational Health SurveyHealth Services SurveyHeavy economic burdenLogistic regression modelsHealth paymentsHealth SurveyMethodsThe dataEconomic burdenPatientsFurther healthcare reformProtective factorsDiseaseIncidenceServices SurveyRural areasVulnerable groupsRegression modelsHealthcare reformHousehold membersThe impact of exposure to air pollution on cognitive performance
Zhang X, Chen X, Zhang X. The impact of exposure to air pollution on cognitive performance. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2018, 115: 9193-9197. PMID: 30150383, PMCID: PMC6140474, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1809474115.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSocio-Economic Inequalities in Tobacco Consumption of the Older Adults in China: A Decomposition Method
Si Y, Zhou Z, Su M, Wang X, Li D, Wang D, He S, Hong Z, Chen X. Socio-Economic Inequalities in Tobacco Consumption of the Older Adults in China: A Decomposition Method. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health 2018, 15: 1466. PMID: 29997376, PMCID: PMC6069145, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15071466.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTobacco consumptionConcentration indexNon-communicable diseasesTobacco use prevalenceRetirement Longitudinal StudySocio-economic inequalitiesPublic health policyPublic health controlRisk factorsLow educational attainmentHealth controlsChina HealthUse prevalenceHealth policyEducational attainmentOlder AdultsUse quantityLongitudinal studyStrongest predictorPrevalenceAgeGenderSmokersIndexDisease
2014
Gift-Giving and Network Structure in Rural China: Utilizing Long-Term Spontaneous Gift Records
Chen X. Gift-Giving and Network Structure in Rural China: Utilizing Long-Term Spontaneous Gift Records. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e102104. PMID: 25111696, PMCID: PMC4128647, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102104.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRural ChinaCompetitive marriage marketSocial network analysisPrevious data sourcesEconomic inequalityInformal insuranceMarriage marketGift givingHousehold surveyRecent escalationResearch projectSocial eventsNetwork centralityHousehold ceremoniesSocioeconomic determinantsIndividual levelNetwork analysisMeasurement issuesData collectionChinaData sourcesCentralityInequalityTraditionCountries