Research on the current situation of re-visiting at 4 traditional Chinese clinics in urban area of Beijing
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4246.2012.10.004
- VernacularTitle:北京城区四家传统中医门诊患者复诊情况调查
- Author:
Rui LIU
;
Wanshan LI
;
Xueqing WANG
;
Yanwei HOU
;
Yujiao WANG
;
Xiaohua TAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
traditional Chinese clinics;
Re-visit;
Research
- From:
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2012;34(10):876-878
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
ObjectiveTo research the current situation at traditional Chinese clinics in urban area of Beijing,and to propagate the importance of re-visiting.Methods500 outpatients were selected randomly from 4 traditional Chinese clinics in urban area of Beijing from April 1st in 2010 to March 31st in 2011.Questionnaires were undertaken by these patients,including 120 first visitors and 380 re-visitors,then SPSS17.0 was used to statistically analyze the re-visiting proportion,influence factors and reasons for re-visiting.Results The highest re-visiting proportion was 56.7％ in 4 clinics and the total was 47.0％; 13.6％ patients who didn't have re-visit choice for their having no significant curative effect,12.6％ for having no time,10.3％ for having been recovered; patients who had curative effect and doctor's advice to re-visit may be the related influence factors of re-visiting; in the investigation of reasons,73.0％ patients made re-visit choice for having curative effect,35.9％ for doctors' good medical ethics,35.9％ for doctors' advice.ConclusionThere was a low re-visiting proportion in these 4 traditional Chinese clinics in urban area of Beijing; the top three non-revisiting reasons were no significant curative effect,having no time and having recovered.Having curative effect and doctor's advice to re-visit may be the related influence factors of re-visiting; the top three re-visiting reasons were curative effect,doctor's good medical ethics and doctor's exhortation.
