Health status and health service demand of residents in Beijing Xicheng District / 中华全科医师杂志

ABSTRACT

A survey with self-designed questionnaire was conducted among (33 936)permanent residents aged over 15 years in Beijing Xicheng District,who were randomly selected using stratified multistage cluster sampling method.The items of survey included the prevalence of chronic diseases,behavioral risk factors and intention of visiting doctor.The results revealed that the prevalence of hypertension,diabetes,coronary heart disease,chronic arthropathy,dyslipidemia,chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and stroke was 21.9％,8.0％,7.4％,5.8％,5.6％,3.2％ and 2.5％,respectively.Lacking physical exercise (49.3％) was the most frequent behavior risk factors of chronic diseases.The results also showed that 62.6％ residents chose large hospitals as first preference for seeking health care,only 23.7％ residents chose community health services institutions.The survey indicates that integrated intervention and management of chronic disease should be further enhanced in communitics; and the health insurance policy should be adapted to attract more residents to utilize community health service as primary care setting.