Surveys on the infrastructure construction of healthcare institutions in public health emergencies: data of Wuhan
10.3760/cma.j.cn111325-20200812-01781
- VernacularTitle:突发公共卫生事件下医疗卫生机构基础设施建设调查：基于武汉市数据
- Author:
Zhengdong ZHONG
1
;
Pengpeng LIAO
;
Wenqi WU
;
Yumeng HUANG
;
Xiao LIU
;
Minghui ZHENG
;
Li ZENG
;
Li XIANG
Author Information
1. 华中科技大学同济医学院医药卫生管理学院，武汉 430000
- From:
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration
2020;36(11):886-890
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To analyze, with Wuhan as an example, the problems found in the infrastructure development of China′s healthcare institutions, and put forward optimization suggestions for future epidemic prevention and control.Methods:From May to June 2020, we surveyed with questionnaires 56 healthcare institutions in Wuhan, covering such aspects as basic information of the institutions, infectious disease infrastructure readiness, and the converted wards for COVID-19. Statistical descriptions were used to analyze data so acquired.Results:The number of beds in the infectious departments of healthcare institutions in Wuhan amounted to 1.64 per 10 000 people, yet the existing 1 873 beds and about 5 000 convertible beds failed to meet the medical needs against the outbreak of COVID-19. After the outbreak, a total of 19 084 convertible beds were set up, of which general hospitals accounted for 88%; the area occupied by each converted bed in traditional Chinese medicine hospitals, hospitals of traditional and Western medicine, and maternal and child hospitals (<30.0m 2) was lower than that in general hospitals and specialist hospitals (>40.0m 2). Conclusions:Healthcare institutions should scientifically allocate " peacetime-wartime adaptive" hospital beds, optimize both the number and efficiency of these beds, and prepare for the worst scenarios, so that the infrastructure can be built and maintained in strict accordance with standards, government departments can rationally arrange infectious disease prevention and control facilities and strengthen their planning in case of emergencies.
