Utilization and analysis of health services for children at a community health service center in Shenzhen / 中华全科医师杂志

ABSTRACT

To explore the current status of children receiving primary health services at a community health service center in Shenzhen so as to provide references for the formulation of children health care policies.According to the patient electronic data in 2011,the clinical profiles were analyzed for children aged under 7 years seeking the advice of general practitioners (GPs) at Niuhu Community Health Service Center.Children aged under 7 years accounted for 12.4％ of all subjects.The causes of seeing the GPs were as followsacute upper respiratory.infection(58.2％),acute bronchitis(14.9％),gastroenteritis(5.6％),trauma(3.3％)and dermatitis(3.2％).And no difference existed in the workload between pediatrists and surgeons,internists or herbalists.The common and frequent community diseases may be diagnosed and managed at a community health service center.