Situation of primary medical doctor use in Pho Yen district, Thai Nguyen province

ABSTRACT

The data collected from a survey that was conducted in January 2000. Main measurements included: the rate of communes where there are medical doctor(s), professional level, age, sex, the reasons promote them to work at communal level and their opinion about current position. The survey found that rate of commune with presence of medical doctor(s) is 50%. All of medical doctors who are working in communes are general doctors and have been appointed to head of communal health center (CHC). Rate of doctors who are satisfactory about their position is low. Most of them have expectation to joint to government official system, to be trained to improve the knowledge and to receive the investigation and advanced equipment for CHC, meet the requirement in primary health care for people.