Applications of the performance evaluation index system for rural public health service system in China's rural health reform / 中国卫生政策研究

ABSTRACT

Objective: To evaluate the project performance of public health service system in rural areas during the implementation of China Rural Health Project ( hereinafter referred to asHealth XI Project) . Methods: In this paper, all 40 counties covered by the Health XI Project are selected as case study. This paper uses the performance evaluation index system for rural public health system developed for the project and continuously collect input and out-put indexes between 2008 and 2013 in order to conduct a comprehensive analysis and evaluation. Results: During the implementation of the Health XI Project, the inputs and outputs of the rural public health service system had gradual-ly increased in all the countries covered by the project. The score for inputs and outputs increased from 22. 73 and 39. 05 in 2008 to 32. 62 and 57. 60 in 2013, with a growth rate of 43. 15% and 47. 50%, respectively. The input scores significantly grew faster than output scores in some provinces. The input-output ratio increased from 1. 72 to 1. 77, with slight fluctuations between different years. Conclusion: The application of the performance evaluation index system for public health service system in monitoring project implementation process can help to timely discover the weak links associated with the implementation of rural public health service system, and thus take effective measures to promote the improvement of the system. . When increasing investment in public health, how to efficiently use re-sources and improve the service effectiveness is still an urgent problem.