About the Authors

Ying Ma

Affiliations School of Health Service Management, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China

Xia Qin

Affiliation School of Health Service Management, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China

Ruoling Chen

Affiliation School of Health Service Management, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China

Niannian Li

Affiliation The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China

Ren Chen

Affiliation School of Health Service Management, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China

Zhi Hu

aywghz@126.com

Affiliation School of Health Service Management, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YM XQ ZH. Performed the experiments: YM NL RC. Analyzed the data: YM NL RC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YM RC XQ. Wrote the paper: YM. Reviewed and revised manuscript: YM RC ZH.