Survey of emergency response capacity of health authorities in Shandong province / 中华医院管理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To learn the emergency response capacity of health authorities at city level in Shandong province in order to discover loopholes and make improvement. Methods The health emergency questionnaire designed by China Health and Family Planning Commission was used for survey of 1 7 city-level health authorities in Shandong province.Results 52.94% of the health authorities were found with health emergency reserve funding; 100.00% of them with public health emergency contingency plans;94.12% of them having health emergency supplies in kind;100.00% of them having health emergency training for all of the staff;100.00% of them with direct web reporting for public health emergency.Conclusion Such authorities were found with satisfactory health emergency capacity in general.Defects were found with emergency funding shortage,poor training and drilling outcomes, poor material reserves management,and insufficient health emergency personnel.