Objective To investigate the situation of human resources of primary health care institutions in Chengdu and provide references for rational allocation of health personnel in primary health care. Methods From October to November 2016, self-administered questionnaire was used to investigate the situation of the human resources of health workers in a total of 390 primary health care institutions in the three circles of Chengdu (including the subsidiary counties, towns, and districts) during 2015. The Health Resources Density Index (HRDI) was calculated and its equilibrium was analyzed. Frequency and constituent ratio were used for descriptive analysis. Results Three hundred and seventy valid questionnaires were recovered. The number of clinical doctors, general practitioners, and registered nurses per 10 000 residents in Chengdu was 5.32, 1.38, and 4.32, respectively. Doctors’ and nurses’ HRDI was 0.52 and 0.42 respectively. The number of intermediate and junior professional titles accounted for 15.91% and 52.13% respectively. The ratio of doctors to nurses was 1∶0.81, and the ratio of general practitioners to nurses was 0.32∶1. Structure rationality of distribution density and professional titles of healthcare personnel showed a decreasing trend from the first circle to the third circle. Conclusions The personnel troop of primary health care service in Chengdu has been formed. However, the professional title structure and the distribution of professional categories still need to be improved. The situation of primary health workers in the third circle is relatively backward compared with other circles in Chengdu. It is suggested that the number of nurses and general practitioners should increase properly, and rational intervation should be carryed out in the distribution of primary health workers, so as to balance and develop the grass-root health personnel in the three circles of Chengdu.
ObjectivesTo investigate residents’ sensitivity towards basic public health services in Sichuan province, so as to provide advice on future improvement.MethodsUsing multistage stratified sampling and through consultation of the Sichuan province's basic public health service regulatory platform to select 40 equidistant samples from the five key population groups. Specifically, 200 individuals from each of the 21 cities were enrolled. Telephone survey was conducted to acquire residents’ awareness rate, satisfaction and compliance. Technique for order preference by similarity to an ideal solution (TOPSIS) was applied to comprehensively evaluate residents’ sensitivity of basic public health services.ResultsA total of 4 200 community residents who have accepted health managements in basic health care institutions were enrolled. The mean Cj value was 0.523 6. The No.4 city had the highest Cj value of 0.751 9, and the No.10 city had the lowest value of 0.276 3.ConclusionsThe residents’ sensitivity to basic public health services varies in 21 cities of Sichuan province. We should improve the quality of medical services in primary health care institutions and provide wide publicity to enhance the well-being and satisfaction of community residents. Government should improve the quality of medical services in primary health care institutions, and narrow the gap between different cities, so as to improve residents’ experience.
ObjectiveTo systematically review the willingness rate of the first consultation in primary health care institutions among Chinese residents.MethodsCNKI, WanFang Data, VIP, PubMed, Web of Science and EMbase databases were electronically searched to collect cross-sectional studies on the willingness rate of the first consultation in primary health care institutions of residents in China from January 2006 to November 2020. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data and assessed the risk of bias of included studies; meta-analysis was then performed using Stata 14.1 software.ResultsA total of 26 cross-sectional studies involving 36 430 subjects were included. The results of meta-analysis showed that the willingness rate of Chinese residents for the first consultation in primary health care institutions was 61.4% (95%CI 54.5% to 68.3%). The results of subgroup analysis showed that for the willingness rates of the first treatment at the grassroots level in male and female residents were 65.6% and 64.9%; urban and rural residents were 49.9% and 58.9%; <60 and ≥60 years old residents were 60.5% and 71.6%; primary school and below, junior high school, high school or technical secondary school, junior college or above educational level residents were 72.8%, 68.1%, 64.2%, and 52.8%; employees, residents, and other types of insurance residents were 74.1%, 75.9%, and 64.4%; residents with monthly income <3 000, 3 000-5 000, and >5 000 yuan were 65.8%, 65.3%, and 58.5%; high, medium, and poor levels of health status residents were 56.8%, 52.6%, and 48.8%; with and without chronic diseases residents were 61.0% and 56.9%; with and without spouse residents were 63.9% and 64.6%; with and without contracted family doctor residents were 87.1% and 62.6%; on duty, retired, and other employment status residents were 70.7%, 69.9% and 71.5%; primary medical institutions residents those were satisfied, average, and dissatisfied were 77.3%, 60.7%, and 49.4%.ConclusionsCurrent evidence suggests that it remains room for improvement in the level of willingness of Chinese residents for first consultation in primary health care institutions. Residence, age, educational level, type of medical insurance, income level, health level, family doctors contracted status, and satisfaction with primary medical institutions have an impact on residents' willingness to receive first treatment at primary hospitals. Due to limited quality and quantity of the included studies, more high quality studies are needed to verify above conclusions.