Objective To investigate the residents’ needs, demand and utilizations of health service in Pingshan Xibaipo town in Hebei province, so as to provide baseline data for the establishment of a rural hospital’s comprehensive model.
Method We conducted the survey which using questionnaires to collect the information of all residents in 16 villages of Xibaipo town. The contents of the survey was residents’ spectrum of disease, health service needs, demand and utilization, the cost and Evaluation of medical services, etc. SPSS 17.0 software was used for descriptive analysis.
Result The local health services situation was ‘high need, low-use’. The participation rate of the new rural cooperative medical care (NCMS) was 98.06%. Most residents choose rural hospital as the hospital to visits and hospitalization. The evaluation of the equipment and the reasonableness of the charges was lowest. There was a great demand for periodic physical examination and health education.
Conclusion The proportion of Health service needs Converse to health services use is low. The health services of major diseases such as hypertension, cerebrovascular diseases need to focus on strengthening. The government should increase financial investment and strengthen basic health resources, strive to do a good work of the residents’ health education and physical examination.
Citation： GENG Chen,LIU Jianbo,LIU Dianwu,YAN chunkai,QI xianguo,ZHANG Xiaolin,LI Man. A Survey on Residents’ Demands of Health Service in Pingshan Xibaipo Town of Hebei Province. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2010, 10(10): 1138-1143. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20100559 Copy