People who consistently follow their doctor’s instructions when taking medication have roughly half the risk of dying during the same period compared …
Cost
There’s no cost at all; in fact, it saves money on future treatment for complications. Tak…
Benefit
This finding comes from a meta-analysis that pooled data from 21 separate studies involvin…
Patients with hypertension, diabetes, outpatient radiotherapy/chemotherapy for malignant tumors, dialysis for uremia, and anti-rejection treatment aft…
Cost
No cost at all. You can complete the cross-regional medical registration once, right from …
Benefit
According to official documents from the National Healthcare Security Administration, this…
Chronic conditions require trends over time, rather than a single reading. Home blood-pressure measurement alone did not clearly lower pressure in the…
Cost
Each checkup costs anywhere from a few dozen to several hundred yuan. A trip to the hospit…
Benefit
An individual-participant meta-analysis combined 7,138 participants in 15 hypertension ran…
In observational cancer data, people using alternative treatment instead of conventional treatment had 2.5 times the mortality hazard. People using co…
Cost
No cost at all; you even save money you’d otherwise spend on supplements. It takes no extr…
Benefit
Two US cancer-registry studies concerned nonmetastatic, potentially treatable breast, pros…
Individuals whose conditions remain stable and whose medication regimens have not changed can obtain enough medication for 12 weeks from a community h…
Cost
There is no cost involved. Simply ask at your local community health center whether they c…
Benefit
Patients no longer need to make monthly trips to larger hospitals just to obtain prescript…
The standard package of basic services is covered by yibao as required. Any customized service packages must be paid for entirely by the patient. When…
Cost
There’s no cost involved. Asking a few questions before you sign up takes just a minute.
Benefit
The basic service package is paid for by yibao per regulations. Customized packages requir…
Diabetes can damage both the retina and feet, but there are almost no noticeable symptoms until the damage becomes severe enough to cause vision loss …
Cost
A single dilated eye exam costs anywhere from a few dozen to several hundred yuan. Foot ex…
Benefit
Retinal damage caused by diabetes is known as diabetic retinopathy, while damage to the fe…
Roughly one in four people who have had a kidney stone will develop another one within five years. In a study of 199 people who had just experienced t…
Cost
There is no cost at all. Simply make drinking water a daily habit. On days when you sweat …
Benefit
This is a five-year randomized controlled trial involving 199 patients with idiopathic cal…
Gout requires lifelong use of uric‑acid‑lowering drugs to keep levels under 360 µmol/L; painkillers alone are insufficient. In a study where nurses he…
Cost
Allopurinol costs only a few to several tens of yuan per month. At first, blood uric‑acid …
Benefit
In a randomized controlled trial of 517 adults who had experienced gout attacks within the…
For individuals with prior gout attacks, consuming high-purine meals over a two-day period raises the odds of an acute recurrent gout attack nearly 5-…
Cost
Zero financial outlay. Simply order fewer skewers of meat and seafood dishes, and minimize…
Benefit
A 1-year prospective internet-based case-crossover study of 633 gout patients compared die…
For individuals carrying chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV), biannual screening with liver ultrasound and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) reduced liver cancer mo…
Cost
Low cost. Visit hepatology or infectious disease outpatient clinics twice a year for routi…
Benefit
In a randomized controlled trial in Shanghai involving 18,816 individuals aged 35–59 with …
Only about 30% of inhaler users execute perfect technique; critical errors prevent the aerosol drug from reaching deep airways. Patients making critic…
Cost
Demonstrating inhaler technique during regular clinical follow-ups incurs zero extra fee b…
Benefit
The China Pulmonary Health (CPH) national survey of 50,991 adults aged >=20 undergoing spi…
Only 10% of adults in China with chronic kidney disease (CKD) know they have it. Annual blood and urine testing in patients with diabetes and hyperten…
Cost
Low cost. Simply collect a random urine sample for uACR and have blood drawn for serum cre…
Benefit
The 6th China Chronic Disease and Risk Factor Surveillance (176,874 adults undergoing bloo…
For individuals completing surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy for colon cancer, participating in a 3-year structured, supervised exercise program reduc…
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