Investigation on Current Status of Health Care Services for Urban and Rural Residents in Hebei Province

Objective To understand the current status of the health care services for urban and rural residents in Hebei province,and provide scientific basis for decision-making in implementing the basic health services for everyone. Method A multi-stage stratified sampling method was employed to determine the samples. The investigators were trained uniformly. Face-to-face questionnaire survey was conducted according to unified methods and standard. Results Totally 4 200 residents were surveyed, only 11.6% residents received health examination in the last five years. The health examination rate was 26.6% in urban area and 5.2% in rural area (P0.01), increased with education level, and was highest in the people with educational level of college or above (60.3%). The health examination rate in people engaged in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, water conservancy industry was very low (4.2%), and was 13.3% in males, 10.5% in females (P0.01). Conclusion The health examination rate was low in urban and rural residents in Hebei, and their awareness of self-protection was also poor. The health examination rate among the residents varied by age, education level, occupation and gender.