报告人简介：Dr. Scott Rozelle holds the Helen Farnsworth Endowed Professorship at Stanford University and is Senior Fellow in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. For the past 30 years, he has worked on the economics of poverty reduction by focusing on issues of agriculture, resources and the environment. Currently, his work on poverty has its full focus on human capital, including issues of rural health, nutrition and education. Dr.Rozelle has published more than 400 papers and books, including papers published in Science, Nature, American Economic Review, and Journal of Economic Literature. In recognition of his work, Rozelle has received numerous honors and awards, such as the Yangtse Scholar (2008), the Friendship Award (2008), and the National Science & Technology Research Collaboration Award (2009). Rozelle is also an Agricultural and Applied Economics Association fellow.

ABSTRACT：The Chinese government has embarked on ambitious reforms designed to improve access to quality healthcare in China's rural areas. Though critical to the success of these reforms, there is little objective evidence on the quality of primary care provided by rural physicians. I report the results of an experimental audit study using "standardized patients" recruited from local communities and trained to covertly and consistently present cases of common diseases to providers. Using data from nearly one thousand such interactions along with matching clinical vignettes, I evaluate the performance of rural physicians and the so-called “know-do” gap between physician knowledge and practice. I finally discuss the implications of results for policies to improve the quality of rural primary care.

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