Assessment of organizational readiness for integrating primary eye care into primary healthcare: a mixed-method pre-implementation study in rural Xinjiang

Lingge Suo; Xiaodong Dong; Luyu Zhang; Can Su; Junling Zhao; Ziyin Zhao; Yujia Liu; Weifang Zhang; Ping Li; Jie Xu; Fei Xu; Xiaochen Ma

doi:10.1186/s12875-026-03310-9

Assessment of organizational readiness for integrating primary eye care into primary healthcare: a mixed-method pre-implementation study in rural Xinjiang

BMC Prim Care. 2026 Apr 11. doi: 10.1186/s12875-026-03310-9. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Lingge Suo^#¹, Xiaodong Dong^#^{2

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4}, Luyu Zhang⁵, Can Su^{2

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4}, Junling Zhao^{2

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4}, Ziyin Zhao^{2

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4}, Yujia Liu^{2

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4}, Weifang Zhang⁶, Ping Li⁶, Jie Xu⁷, Fei Xu⁷, Xiaochen Ma^{8

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Affiliations

¹ Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
² School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.
³ China Center for Health Development Studies, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.
⁴ National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Health System Reform and Governance (Peking University), Beijing, China.
⁵ Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
⁶ Jinghe County People's Hospital, Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China.
⁷ Shawan People's Hospital, Tacheng Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China.
⁸ School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China. xma@hsc.pku.edu.cn.
⁹ China Center for Health Development Studies, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China. xma@hsc.pku.edu.cn.
¹⁰ National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Health System Reform and Governance (Peking University), Beijing, China. xma@hsc.pku.edu.cn.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 41965526
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-026-03310-9

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Keywords: Implementation science; Mixed-methods study; Organizational readiness; Primary eye care (PEC); Primary healthcare (PHC); Rural China; Service integration.

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