Equity and satisfaction of community health services in tongliao city, inner mongolia.

EQUITY AND SATISFACTION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES IN TONGLIAO CITY, INNER MONGOLIA. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2015 Nov;46(6):1077-84 Authors: Yu LJ, Zhao WH, Fan ZF, Bai YH Abstract We aimed to describe the human resources and apparatuses of community health service (CHS) in Tongliao City of China and investigate the differences between CHS centers and stations. Field investigations and questionnaire-based surveys were conducted in 120 CHS organizations of Tongliao City, which were selected by a stratified multistage random cluster sampling method. Data were collected on the human resources, medical apparatuses, and satisfaction of covered residents. We found that the total number, educational background, and professional titles of staff were lower at stations than at centers. Although the categories of providing health services were comparable between centers and stations, stations provided fewer health services than centers did. In addition, stations owned fewer apparatuses compared with centers. The percentages of satisfaction on many items were lower among residents covered by stations than among those covered by centers. Desired health services provided by CHS organizations have been partially accomplished in Tongliao City. Attracting more highly educated professionals and purchasing more valuable apparatuses may be helpful to improve the unbalanced distribution in human resources and apparatuses between cente...
Source: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health - Category: Tropical Medicine Tags: Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health Source Type: research