Utilization and needs of community health service in the elderly in the urban area of Beijing City

Objective To find out the current situation of utilization and needs of community health service in the el derly in the urban area of Beijing,to provide scientific basis for perfecting and improving the quality of community health service and for promoting healthy aging based on community.Methods The sample survey was made among 1512 elderly people aged 60 and above from Xuanwu District of Beijing City.The survey covered such topics as the demographic characteristics,the utilization and the satisfaction rate of the community health service,the community health service needs about medical treatment and non-medical nursing of the elderly.Results There were 32.2%(486/ 1512) of the elderly firstly selected community health service for disease treatment.The satisfaction rate for community health service was 83.5%(1245/1491) among the elderly.Educational level was the major factor affecting the satisfaction rate of the community health service of the elderly.Community health service needs of the elderly in medical treatment mainly focused on the treatment of acute and chronic diseases and the establishment of special outpatient clinics for elderly and chronic diseases nursing home.In the aspect of non-medical nursing,providing entertainment places suit able for the elderly ranked the first place.Conclusion The quality of community health service should be further improved.Meantime,multi-direction and multi-level items of community health service should be developed according to different population.