Utilization of health resources by rural public health centers in Hubei Province in the Ninth Five-Year Plan period
- VernacularTitle:九五期间湖北省乡镇卫生院卫生资源利用状况分析
- Author:
Hong YAN
;
Shaobin HE
;
Hui QIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Rural public health center;
Health resources;
Analysis;
Utilization
- From:
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration
1996;0(02):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To find out about the utilization of health resources by rural pulic health centers in Hubei Province in the Ninth Five-Year Plan period so as to provide primary information for the better use of rural health resources. Methods The issues of Hubei Health Statistics and Hubei Almanac in 1990 and from 1996 to 2000 were collected and statistial analyses were conducted by means of the spss software. Results In the Ninth Five-Year Plan period, the human resources and fixed assets of rural public health centers in Hubei Province kept increasing whereas the volume of services dropped year by year. The reduction in the average number of outpatient visits and discharged patients per annum was respectively 4. 42% and 4. 09%. The efficiency of the health personnel in delivering medical services has been decreasing, with the average number of patients treated by each person per annum, the annual number of beds utilized, and the annual number of discharged patients in 2000 dropping respectively by 27.54% , 30.22% and 26.36% , as compared with 1996. The annual ratio of bed utilization was around 30% and the number of bed turnovers was about 20 times, evidencing, moreover, a tendency of going down. Conclusion The input of health resources in the rural public health centers in Hubei Province in the Ninth Five-Year Plan period increased while the rate of utilization dropped. It is suggested that integrated management in the rural areas be adopted, better utilization of health resources made, reform of the public health centers deepened, and internal management improved; greater stress be laid on improving the quality of rural health personnel; and the rural cooperative medical and health system be perfected.
