Digital and Out-of-Facility Care-Seeking Pathways After Acute Respiratory Infection Symptoms in China: Multicity Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Ting Zhang   ^{1, 2, 3 *} , Dr med ;   Jinzhao Cui   ^{1, 2, 4 *} , MM ;   Chao Zhang   ^{5 *} , MM ;   Xiaochen Zhang   ^{1, 2} , MM ;   Yongtao Chi   ^{1, 2} , MM ;   Dazhu Huo   ^{1, 2} , Dr med ;   Shengjie Lai   ⁶ , Dr med ;   Jianxing Yu   ^{1, 2, 3} , Dr med ;   Yu Yang   ^{1, 2} , MM ;   Zhongjie Li   ^{1, 2, 3} , Dr med ;   Weizhong Yang   ^{1, 2} , Dr med

¹ School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

² Public Health Emergency Management Innovation Center, Beijing, China

³ State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Health and Multimorbidity, Beijing, China

⁴ Chinese Field Epidemiology Training Program (CFETP), Beijing, China

⁵ School of Public Health, Shandong Second Medical University, Weifang, Shandong, China

⁶ School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, England, United Kingdom

*these authors contributed equally