Capability and spatial accessibility of the emergency service at township hospitals in Fushun county,Sichuan / 中国卫生政策研究

ABSTRACT

Objective:To understand the capability of the emergency service at township hospitals in Fushun county and take emergency treatment of pesticide poisoning in Fushun as an example to measure the spatial accessibil-ity of the emergency service center. Methods:Gathered the heads of 26 township hospitals,using self compiled ques-tionnaire to collect emergency services data;basic data including administrative districts,hydrographic net,road net-work, population distribution and the position of the first aid post were collected, Travel cost method was used to quantitatively measure the emergency service spatial accessibility based on GIS platform. Results: The proportion of hospitals that are able to carry out rescue projects is low;it takes 13.57minutes on average from a residential area to a first aid post of pesticide poisoning in Fushun. The regions with poor accessibility of the first aid post are mainly distributed in the southwest boundary. Conclusion:The hardware and software level of emergency resources of town-ship hospitals in Fushun were lower;Township emergency network need to be improved;That using GIS to assess the accessibility of the first aid post is intuitive and easy to operate.