Objective To investigate the rural residents’ payment will for disease control and its influencing factors, so as to provide evidence for the government to make policy of combing disease control and New Rural Co-operative Medical system (NRCMS). Methods The self-designed questionnaire was adopted to investigate 1 117 rural residents from 156 villages, 44 towns, 19 counties (cities, districts) in Henan province. The frequency analysis and the multiple logistic regression analysis were conducted by using SPSS 11.5 software. Results On the basis of NRCMS payment, 68.3% of the rural residents were willing to pay extra for disease control, 62.3% of whom were willing to pay RMB 1.00 or more, and the average willing payment were RMB 3.01±7.66. The multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that the people willing to pay extra were as follows: self-employed, graduates from a secondary technical school, dink family, and the respondents who believed NRCMS had relieved their medical financial burden. Conclusion In practicing the rural public health policy of combining disease control and NRCMS, it is suggested to ask rural residents to pay a little extra money on the basis of current NRCMS payment. The foundation of bringing this policy into force is to keep practicing NRCMS well so as to relieve more financial burdens for rural residents. During the implementation, low income families should be taken into consideration according to their occupation, educational level and family structure.
Objective To investigate the construction and services of the community health service system in Shifang, as well as the satisfaction of community residents with the community health services and the post-disaster emergency response capability of the community hospital, so as to provide decision-making suggestions on better reconstruction of the community health service system and improvement of its post-disaster emergency response capability. Methods There were 4‰ of community residents in Fangting town were selected by convenience sampling for a face-to-face interview using a questionnaire. Logistic regression was used to identify the influencing factors of residents’ satisfaction with community health services. Results A total of 250 questionnaires were conducted for face-to-face interviews, and 246 ones were retrieved (response rate 98.4%). Residents’ understanding and satisfactory degree of the community health service were 41.1% and 36.6%, respectively. Health education, medical expenses and medical insurance were the main factors influencing the residents’ satisfactory degree of community health services (P=0.050, 0.001, and 0.001). The proportions of disaster / disaster prevention education, exercises of post-disaster contingency plans, and psychological intervention as well as rehabilitation for residents were 37.4%, 10.6%, and 12.6%, respectively. Conclusion Community health services have not been widely accepted by community residents, and the satisfactory degree is low. The residents’ understanding and adaptation can be improved by strengthening the community health service propaganda. Strengthening health education, improving the quality of services, controlling costs, and introducing medical insurance reimbursement mechanism can increase the residents’ satisfactory degree. Including disaster emergencies into basic tasks can strengthen the emergency response capability and then provide guarantee for the residents’ health.
Objective To understand the situation of commonly-used drugs, medical device and their storages in rural households among model well-off township hospitals in eastern, central and western China, and to provide the basis for the guidance of reasonably using and scientifically storing drugs. Methods The methods of combining simple random sampling and cluster sampling were used to investigate and analyze the situation of commonly-used drugs, medical device and their storages in 162 households from three well-off township hospitals in Shanghai, Zhejiang, and Sichuan provinces, respectively. Results The storage rates of commonly-used drugs of rural households in well-off towns were cold medicine (72.2%), wound paste (51.9%), cooling oil (39.5%), essential balm (36.4%), antihypertensive (27.8%), iodine tincture (14.2%), anti-diabetic drugs (13.0%) and other drugs (17.3%). The storage rates of medical devices were thermometer (50.0%), cotton swab (47.5%), sphygmomanometer (9.3%), injector (1.2%) and other devices (22.2%). A total of 66% of respondent families stored drugs and medical devices in a fixed drawer. Only 3.1% families stored drugs and medical devices in the special portable medical kit. Conclusion Rural families have a higher rate of household drugs among model well-off township hospitals in eastern, central and western China, and most drugs are OTC drugs. The storage rates of medical devices are not high. Many rural family-owned medical devices are linked with special chronic diseases in the family. A lot of rural families place drugs and medical devices randomly. There are many security risks, and it may affect the rational utilization of drugs.
Objective To understand the demands on portable medicine kit of rural residents in well-off township hospitals, and to provide the basis for scientifically designing portable medicine kit for rural residents. Methods The methods of combining simple random sampling and cluster sampling were used to investigate and analyze the demands on portable medicine kit for 162 households from three well-off township hospitals in Shanghai, Zhejiang, and Sichuan province, respectively. Results The demand rate of 162 rural households on portable medicine kit was 75.3% (122/162). The main drugs that demanders expected in the portable medicine kit were cold medicine (86.1%), wound paste (82.0%), cooling oil (61.5%), essential balm (54.9%) and antihypertensive (34.4%); and the main medical devices that demanders expected were thermometer (82%), cotton swab (73%) and sphygmomanometer (32.8%). The sizes of portable medicine kit that demanders expected were 23.7±8.5 cm in length, 17.1±6.4 cm in width, and 14.1±6.5 cm in height. The main function characteristics of portable medicine kit that demanders expected were applicability (74.6%), safety (60.7%), light weight (68.0%), economics (60.7%), and waterproof (46.7%). A total of 72.1% of demanders expected the price of less than 15 yuan, and 91.8% expected kit made of hard materials as plastic as the first choice. Conclusion The demand rate of rural residents on portable medicine kit is higher in well-off township hospital. The design and production of portable medicine kit should fully meet the demands of rural residents. Only when sufficiant respect for the market demand is paid, can the promotion and application of portable kits will be ensured.
Objective To survey the current status of residents’ health examination in township medical units in Shuangliu county, so as to provide references for exploring the residents’ health examination mode suitable for the well-off rural hospitals, and for improving the effects of physical examination. Methods The self-designed questionnaires were made to survey the current situation of health examination for the residents in 24 township medical units in Shuangliu County, including 3 central township hospitals, 3 community health centers and 18 general township hospitals; and the outline was designed to interview the people responsible for managing and implementing the resident’s examination work. The Epidate 3.1 was used for data input, the SPSS 17.0 was used for descriptive statistics and stratified analysis, and the classification method was adopted for qualitative research of personal interview data. Results The number of primary health care units for carrying out residents’ health examination got gradually increased year by year from 2008 to 2010; and all 24 township-level medical units had already carried out that examination by 2010. But some issues still existed such as lower participation rate and ineffective utilization of the archives. Conclusion a) It is necessary to prepare well, enhance organizing, expand publicity, and increase participation rate when primary health care units carry out the health examination for residents; b) It is necessary requires to fasten the informatization construction of health archives, and to quicken the process and analysis of examination information; and c) It is advisable to constantly optimize the examination items according to exam information, to improve the qualification of medical staffs, and to fasten the construction of exam team.
Objective To investigate the attitude and its influencing factors of Henan provincial rural residents towards the partial usage of funds from the New Rural Co-operative Medical System (NRCMS) for the disease control and prevention, in order to provide evidence for policy making. Methods In Henan province, 1 117 rural residents were randomly sampled with questionnaire from the 156 villages distributing in 44 townships of 19 counties (cities, districts). The frequency analyses, the multiple linear regression analysis and the one-way analysis of variance were conducted. Results Among all the respondents, only 3.4% of the rural residents absolutely disagreed (Zero agreement degree score), 34.4% fully agreed (10 agreement degree scores), and 90.6% had agreement degree scores equal to or more than five. The agreement degree was direct proportional to NRCMS satisfaction degree. The agreement degrees from residents who were relieved from medical financial burdens by NRCMS were higher than the others. 13.2% of rural residents believed that NRCMS did not alleviate their medical financial burden. For the men and women who believed that their village general practitioner was timely at vaccination, their agreement degree was higher than the others who considered vaccination time was late or common. The “timely group” was alone a subset. The “late group” and the “common group” were homogeneous subsets. The proportion of those who answered that the vaccination timeliness at late or common reached 40.6%. Conclusion The proposition to pay funds from the existing NRCMS for disease control and prevention is in line with the will of the majority of rural residents. The combination of disease control and prevention and NRCMS is a strategy in rural healthcare management. A bettering NRCMS and disease control and prevention are the basis of this policy in the future. More attention should be paid to the timeliness of the village general practitioners’ disease control work. It is necessary to perfect the NRCMS policy focusing on residents who hasn’t been relieved from medical financial burdens, so that more population will be benefited.
Objective To survey the relations between the rural residents’ occupational satisfaction, the health policies and demographic factors in Henan province and then to confirm the health policy order and its key target populations. Methods The questionnaires were distributed to 1 117 rural residents in 156 villages among 44 townships in 19 counties (cities, districts). The frequency analysis, multivariate linear regression analysis and multiple comparisons were conducted. Results The average value of rural residents’ occupational satisfaction scored 68.23, among which the complete dissatisfaction scored 0 accounting for 1.9%, the complete satisfaction scored 100 accounting for 9.0%, the one scoring no more than 50 accounted for 20.9%, and the one scoreing equal 80 or more than 80 accounted for 37.5%. By regarding the occupational satisfaction as the dependent variable, the independent variables stayed in the model were as follows in order according to their influence from heavy to little on the dependent variable: new rural cooperative medical system (NRCMS), occupation, village general practitioner’s work, family formation, age, disease prevention and control efforts. The occupational satisfaction was much higher when there were the following conditions: the higher satisfaction with the NRCMS, the more financial burden relieved by the NRCMS, and the higher satisfaction with village general practitioners’ work. The occupational satisfaction was the highest when villagers lived with their spouses, while it was the lowest when villagers lived with their spouses and children, as well as they lived with their parents, spouses and children. The peasants’ occupational satisfaction was the lowest. The occupational satisfaction had significantly negative correlation with cultural level, and had positive correlation with age. Conclusion The occupational satisfaction is an important indicator for assessing the level of social harmony, and is the basis for policy decision-making, implementation, and evaluation. The overall occupational satisfaction of the rural residents in Henan is lower, so the social harmoniy and stability should be alerted. The priority order of the existing rural health policy should be the NRCMS policy, village general practitioner work policy, and village disease prevention and control policy. When we are formulating and implementing the rural health policy, the key target populations should be considered among the people whose families comprise two or three generations, whose occupations are farmers, whose cultural level is lower, and whose ages are younger.
Objective To investigate the health status of residents in rural areas of China as well as their needs for health service, and to explore the effective way to improve the health status of rural residents so as to provide a basis for the training of community healthcare professionals. Methods Using the method of stratified cluster random sampling, we investigated 4190 rural residents from 1200 families, which were sampled from 13 provinces of China according to the geographical distribution. Results The 2-week prevalence rate was 27.9%. 32.7% of the patients saw a doctor, and 20.5% did not take any measures. Among those who did not take any measures, 78.4% thought their illness was mild and did not need any treatment; and the second reason for no treatment was lack of money (accounting for 36.5%). The prevalence rate of chronic diseases during the past half year was 24.9%, among which lumbar and leg pain was the most prevalent (accounting for 7.8%), followed by hypertension (accounting for 5.5%). The rates of visiting a doctor were 43.9% and 61.5% in township level and village level health institutions, respectively, during the past one year. 70.0% of the patients looked for treatment, 8.4% chose to ignore, and 20.8% took medicine by themselves. Among those who visited a doctor, 61.0% preferred hospitals near their houses, and 34.0% preferred those with lower expenses. More than half of the residents (accounting for 57.3%) did not have any physical examination during the past 3 years, and 28.3% did have a check-up but not regularly. Among the rural residents investigated, 64.2% obtained health care knowledge from television, newspapers, books and radio broadcasting, and 67.3% were desirous of regular physical examination. 56.3% and 33.1% of the rural residents considered the skill of the healthcare professionals in town-level institutions to be acceptable and satisfactory, respectively; and 61.7% and 24.6% evaluated the skill of those in village-level institutions to be acceptable and satisfactory, respectively. Conclusion The health status of rural residents is not optimistic, and their health behaviors need to be correctly guided, and the medical facilities and healthcare service quality of primary healthcare institutions should be improved. It is suggested that the government and medical colleges take the responsibility to train healthcare professionals for the primary health care in rural areas.
目的:了解绵竹市社区卫生服务系统震后现状,同时分析社区医疗震后居民满意度和社区卫生服务机构震后灾害干预能力,以期为社区卫生服务体系地震应急恢复和重建提供参考意见。方法:采用随机抽样的方法,抽取绵竹市剑南社区卫生服务中心和天河社区卫生服务中心进行访谈,采取方便抽样的方法,抽取2.4‰的绵竹城区居民采用面对面访谈的方式用自制问卷进行调查,并用Epidata 3.0 进行数据录入、SPSS13.0进行统计分析。结果:共发放问卷240份,收回有效问卷229份(有效回收率95.4%)。当地社区卫生服务系统在地震中受损严重。社区卫生服务系统灾后工作居民满意度为45.4%,社区卫生服务机构对居民进行抗灾/防灾知识教育的比例为33.6%,灾后是否有持续而足够的常见病药品供应及是否有持续而足够的慢性病药品供应是影响当地居民对当地社区卫生服务体系灾害应急工作的满意度的影响因素(P值分别是0.033,0.001)。结论:震后社区卫生服务居民满意度较低,服务体系地震灾害干预能力不足。居民在在灾前接受抗灾教育的比例较低,加强药品储备能提高社区卫生机构灾害应急工作的效果。在社区卫生服务体系重建的过程中,应注重社区医疗基础工作的恢复,基础设施的重建和健全社区急救体系。
摘要:目的: 了解绵竹市社区卫生服务系统震后现状,同时分析社区医疗震后居民满意度和社区卫生服务机构震后灾害干预能力,以期为社区卫生服务体系地震应急恢复和重建提供参考意见。 方法 :采用随机抽样的方法,抽取绵竹市剑南社区卫生服务中心和天河社区卫生服务中心进行访谈,采取方便抽样的方法,抽取24‰的绵竹城区居民采用面对面访谈的方式用自制问卷进行调查,并用Epidata30 进行数据录入、SPSS130进行统计分析。 结果 :共发放问卷240份,收回有效问卷229份(有效回收率954%)。当地社区卫生服务系统在地震中受损严重。社区卫生服务系统灾后工作居民满意度为454%,社区卫生服务机构对居民进行抗灾/防灾知识教育的比例为336%,灾后是否有持续而足够的常见病药品供应及是否有持续而足够的慢性病药品供应是影响当地居民对当地社区卫生服务体系灾害应急工作的满意度的影响因素(P 值分别是0033,0001)。 结论 :震后社区卫生服务居民满意度较低,服务体系地震灾害干预能力不足。居民在在灾前接受抗灾教育的比例较低,加强药品储备能提高社区卫生机构灾害应急工作的效果。在社区卫生服务体系重建的过程中,应注重社区医疗基础工作的恢复,基础设施的重建和健全社区急救体系。Abstract: Objective: To investigate the reality of community health service system after earthquake in Mianzhu, the satisfaction of community residents to the community health service as well as the postdisaster emergency response capability of community hospital in order to provide decisionmaking suggestions on better reconstruction of community health service system. Methods : Jiannan and Tianhe community hospital were randomly selected for visiting and 24‰ of community residents in the city zone of Mianzhu were selected by convenience sampling for a facetoface interview using a questionnaire. Data entry and statistically analysis were completed by Epidata30 and SPSS130 respectively. Results :A total of 240 questionnaires were conducted to facetoface interviews, and 229 questionnaires were returned (response rate 954%).The community health service system was badly injured. Residents’ satisfactory degree of the community health service after earthquake was 454%. The proportions of disaster / disaster prevention education was 336%,medicine supply for familiar diseases and the chronic were the main factors which influenced judgements of residents to the emergency response capabilities of community hospitals(〖WTBX〗P =0033,P=0001,respectively). Conclusion :The community health services after earthquake had not been widely satisfied and the emergency response capability of community hospital was far from enough. The proportions of disaster / disaster prevention education were far from enough. The effectiveness of emergency response work of community hospitals can be enhanced by reinforcing medicine preparation.In the course of the reconstruction, community health service system should pay attention to the resumance of basic community health service,reconstruction of basic establishment and construction of firstaid system.