Situation and effect of vertical integrated of rural health services:A case study in Dafeng Coun-ty of Jiangsu Province / 中国卫生政策研究

ABSTRACT

Objective: To analyze the current situation and effect of vertical integrated of rural health services in Dafeng County. Method: Policy documents and data are collected and interviews are implemented for studying the integrated situation. Results: The vertical integration in Dafeng County is virtual joint form with forming 6 city-level medical volunteer service teams and 52 health management teams. With the imple-mentation of fully integrated management, signing service with rural doctor mode is carried out, which pro-mote the establishment of rural unified service standards and regulations. Using health card of residents which promote the regional shared of treatment information. Conclusions: Vertically integrated mode had connection in health management teams, supported by fully integration, developed by signing service with rural doctor and carried by residents’ health card, which could provide reference for implementing vertical integration of rural health service. But strategies needed to be strengthened in improving health services’ ability of township hospitals, clarifying interest relationship as well as integrating health service regulations and strengthen the health information system for sharing and docking.