years (2000-2008) and 24 township hospitals randomly selected in Weifang prefecture (Shandong province, China), this article …

In the rural health-care organization of China, township hospitals ensure the delivery of basic medical services … also that in the context of China, the efficiency of township hospitals is influenced by unobservable factors. …

Since 2003, the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme is gradually implemented in China, in order first, to increase …