An analysis of the population need and utilization of medical service in Guangzhou / 中华医院管理杂志

ABSTRACT

To find out the health need of the city population in Guangzhou and the service level of the city's medical units and to set up a public health service system to answer the need of the market e- conomy,an investigative analysis is here focused on the health state and health service need of the city's population,the allocation of the health resources and the utilization of the city's health resources,eco- nomic factors,ways of medical payment,the cultural and age composition of the population structure, and the impact of the service personnel quality on the utilization of the service.It is suggested that the government increase its fund appropriation on public health,establish neighborhood medical leagues, start medical insurance,speed up cooperative medicine in the countryside,and complete the medical se- curity system.