Empirical study on the evaluation for population & health informatization / 中国卫生政策研究

ABSTRACT

Objective:To analyze and evaluate population health informatization development of China. Meth-odsThrough this investigation, 8 578 copies of a questionnaire designed for all levels of health administration and parts of primary hospitals were collected. These collected data, were analyzed to evaluate the population health infor-matization development of China through the evaluation index system established for population health informatization development and comprehensive evaluation model. Results:The results of this empirical study indicate that the popu-lation &Health Informatization overall has rapid development , but still has regional differences, and total score of the top 10 provinces are Zhejiang, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Beijing, Chongqing, Tianjin, Hunan, Henan and Gan-su. A statistical difference (p<0. 05) exists in regional development on population & health informatization of Chi-na, therefore serval provinces have obvious weakness or advantage in the construction of informatization. Discussion& suggestionsGovernment of China should pay attention to evaluation during the construction of informatization;pro-mote a balanced and sustainable development by strengthening financial support and optimizing the input pattern;up-grade regional population health informatization overall according to the information resources as the core;and develop the key priorities of population health informatization depending on practical situation and developing trend.