Objective To survey the current status of residents’ health examination in township medical units in Shuangliu county, so as to provide references for exploring the residents’ health examination mode suitable for the well-off rural hospitals, and for improving the effects of physical examination.
Methods The self-designed questionnaires were made to survey the current situation of health examination for the residents in 24 township medical units in Shuangliu County, including 3 central township hospitals, 3 community health centers and 18 general township hospitals; and the outline was designed to interview the people responsible for managing and implementing the resident’s examination work. The Epidate 3.1 was used for data input, the SPSS 17.0 was used for descriptive statistics and stratified analysis, and the classification method was adopted for qualitative research of personal interview data.
Results The number of primary health care units for carrying out residents’ health examination got gradually increased year by year from 2008 to 2010; and all 24 township-level medical units had already carried out that examination by 2010. But some issues still existed such as lower participation rate and ineffective utilization of the archives.
Conclusion a) It is necessary to prepare well, enhance organizing, expand publicity, and increase participation rate when primary health care units carry out the health examination for residents; b) It is necessary requires to fasten the informatization construction of health archives, and to quicken the process and analysis of examination information; and c) It is advisable to constantly optimize the examination items according to exam information, to improve the qualification of medical staffs, and to fasten the construction of exam team.
Citation： ZHENG Yong,XU Yong,LIAO Jing,LI Youping,LI Fangping,CAI Li,WANG HaiJiang,Meng Qinggui,LAI Wei,FENG Yishen,HAN Liang,YANG Yinxi,MAO Yixiu,LI Honghao. A Status Survey on Residents’ Health Examination in Township Medical Unit in Shuangliu County of Sichuan Province. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2011, 11(8): 881-884. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20110149 Copy