尽管有他们的最近的恶化,村庄诊所历史上是为穷人的护理的重要来源并且在农村中国老。在这份报纸,我们检验村庄诊所的当前的角色,使用他们和一些他们提供的服务的病人。我们在满足农村穷人的保健需要明确地集中于村庄诊所的角色并且老。我们发现尽管诊所持续财政上正在衰退,他们仍然是照顾的来源为农村老、差。我们估计老比年轻个人多半更是 1015% 在一个诊所寻求照顾。我们证明诊所提供许多唯一的服务支持农村老(并且老穷人) 例如在里面家病人照顾,为到信用上的薪水的病人的选择,和免费、打折的服务。
Despite their recent deterioration, village clinics have historically been an important source of health care for the poor and elderly in rural China. In this paper, we examine the current role of village clinics, the patients who use them and some of the services they provide. We focus specifically on the role of village clinics in meeting the health-care needs of the rural poor and elderly. We find that although clinics are continuing to decline financially, they remain a source of care for the rural elderly and poor. We estimate that the elderly are 10-15 percent more likely than young individuals to seek care at a clinic. We show that clinics provide many unique services to support the rural elderly (and the elderly poor), such as in-home patient care, the option for patients to pay on credit, and free and discounted services.