
%0 Journal Article
%A Zhu, Jingrong 
%A Li, Xiaofei 
%A Chu, Hongrui 
%A Li, Jinlin 
%T <i>Corrigendum to</i>: Willingness to use community health centres for initial diagnosis: the role of policy incentives among Chinese patients
%J Australian Journal of Primary Health
%D 2022/02/17
%V 28
%N 1
%P 82-82
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/PY21028_CO
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/PY21028_CO 
%X The aim of the study is to investigate the effect of policy incentives on residents&#x2019; willingness to use community health centres for initial diagnosis. A cross&#x2010;sectional survey with specific multiple price-list experiments was conducted in Guizhou, China. We were able to use in-depth individual interviews with a total of 422 participants. Our results showed that both financial and non-financial policy incentives can facilitate the utilisation of the community health centres. Approximately 60% of the respondents reported an increase in their willingness to use community health centres after the presentation of the financial policy, whereas 50% of respondents expressed an increase in their willingness to use community health centres with the non-financial policy. However, to some specific subgroups, such as residents with low trust, residents without chronic disease, residents with less healthcare visits and risk-averters, the impact of policy incentives were limited. The policy incentives are useful tools to attract more visitors to community health centres for initial diagnosis; however, their incentive effects vary in different subgroups. Thus, to change patients&#x2019; perceptions regarding healthcare provider choice for initial diagnosis, policymakers should consider the heterogeneous responses of patients to policy incentives and focus their efforts on key cohorts. 
