Analysis of Health Services Utilization of Basic Township Health Center Area Residents

Objectives To analyze the health status and utilization of rural residents under the framework of the basic health system,and provide a reference for the construction of rural medical service system oriented to basic medical services feature.Methods By means of typical survey,3 809 rural residents were taken in the Shengli town for the survey.Results The two-week prevalence rate was 31.4% and the chronic diseases prevalence is 20.5%,both higher than the national level.There was a significant difference in two-week consultation rate among different ages and different education levels.There was a significant difference in chronic diseases rates among different gender,marital status and cultural levels;residents' two-week prevalence treatment,the primary reason of people non-hospitalized but should be hospitalized and people not seeing a doctor when sick were economic difficulties;free medical services ratio was too low.Conclusions To improve the health Service utilization of rural residents,we suggest strengthening the health education for specific groups;enhancing the direction of services at the township health center and the village clinics;increasing the form and frequency of free medical service.