Where State, Market, and Community Meet: Village Doctors and the Governance of Rural Health in China
We examine the unique role of village doctors in shaping public health governance in rural China.
Primary care providers are often the first point of contact for patients attempting to navigate a complex health care delivery system and seeking referrals to specialists. RAND has explored the increasing use of emergency departments as a primary care setting, the influence of primary care on health care spending, shared decisionmaking between patients and primary care providers, the emergence of retail health clinics, and more.