Accessibility of Primary Health Care Workforce in Rural China
Accessibility of Primary Health Care Workforce in Rural China
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DOI:
10.1177/1010539511403801
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发表时间:
2012-09-01
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
Zheng, Xiaoying
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作者:
Han, Youli;Wei, Jihong;Zheng, Xiaoying
This study aims to develop an accessibility index to illustrate the status of the accessibility of primary health care workers in remote and rural areas in China. Relevant county-level data were used to analyze the number and distribution of primary health care workforce in rural China, and relevant provincial-level data were used to analyze the accessibility index. The study found that the development of rural primary health care workers is suboptimal. The rural Primary Health Care Worker Accessibility index shows that the accessibility to primary health care workers in western rural areas is poor. The correlation between PHCWA index and maternal mortality rate is more significant than that between primary health care workers density and maternal mortality rate. In addition to increasing the number of primary health care workers, strategies addressing the challenge of distance are also required.