Chinese Journal of Health Policy 2015;8(3):56-59

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1674-2982.2015.03.011

Utilization and equity of preventive care in China from 1991 to 2011

Dahai YUE ; Zhiyuan HOU ; Yuhui ZHU ; Hai FANG

Keywords

Preventive medicine; Medical Services utilization; Influential factors; Trend; Equity

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Objective:To analyze the influential factors, trend and equity of preventive care utilization in China from 1991 to 2011. Methods:Using China Health and Nutrition Survey ( CHNS) , logistic regression was applied to explore influential factors, study time trend of preventive care utilization, and examine its equity by Concentration In-dex. Results: Total preventive care services and physical examination utilization significantly increased. Significant inequity still exit in terms of general physical examination and blood text, however, disappeared with respect to blood pressure screening and gynecological examination. Main influential factors of preventive care utilization includes in-come, gender, education and insurance, etc. Conclusion:Preventive care utilization had significantly grown with de-creasing inequalities, but inequity still exit, particularly for general physical examination and blood test.