Utilization of community health care centers and family doctor contracts services among community residents: a community‐based analysis in Shenzhen, China

BMC Family Practice

Willie Leung¹  Lu Shi²  Tiantian Pang³  Qingming Zheng⁴ 

[1] College of Public Health and Human Sciences, School of Biological and Population Health Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA;College of Public Health and Human Sciences, School of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences, Oregon State University, 2520 SW Campus Way, 97331, Corvallis, OR, USA;College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA;Luohu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China;

关键词: Family doctor contract services;    Family doctor;    Andersen’s Behavioral Model;    Shenzhen;    Awareness;    Chronic disease;    Community health care center;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12875-021-01444-6

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundFamily doctor contract services (FDCS) began in China in 2016. Shenzhen, one of the most developed cities in China, also implemented a family doctor (FD) policy in 2017. The objectives of this study were to identify the impact of awareness of FDCS and signing service contracts with FDs on utilization of community health care centers (CHCs).MethodsCross-sectional secondary data based on residents living in Luohu district was used for analysis. Descriptive analysis was conducted to identify utilization of CHCs by awareness of FDCS and signing service contracts with FDs, respectively. Linear probability models (LPM) were used to determine the association of utilization of CHCs with awareness of FDCS and signing service contracts with FDs, respectively.ResultsAmong 1205 adults included in the analysis, 27 % of the participants knew about the FDCS, 5 % signed with FD, and 20 % had chronic disease. Both awareness of the FDCS and signing service contracts with FDs significantly increased the probability of using CHCs as a first choice.ConclusionsThis study provided evidence that both awareness of FDCS and signing service contracts with FDs had a positive impact on utilization of primary health care services at the community level. More interventions to improve awareness of FDCS are needed to increase the utilization of primary health care services.

【 授权许可】

CC BY