Investigation And Evaluation Of Community Health Services In Suzhou

Object: (1) To learn the general state .the personnel allocation of community health services stations in Suzhou and to explore the residents' demands for medicine and the willings for community health services; (2) Employing the fuzzy mathematics and Topsis method to evaluate the overall standards for community health services;(3) To prospect the community health services.Methods: Object: a comprehensive investigation was conducted in 42 community health services stations and the corresponding staffs in Suzhou and a survey in the residents of service areas was carried out at random. Statistics method: Analysis of Logistic regression, Chi -Square test, Comprehensive evaluation of Fussy mathematics and Topsis method were adapted.Results: (1) The community health services are generally well-done except for the improper distribution of service centers and insufficient government investment. (2) The services centers are short of personnel and are not well-organized. (3) The latter two weeks prevalence of the investigated residents is 17.6%, chronic illness prevalence of which is 48.9%, while 86.7% of which are ready to accept the community health services. (4) Overall state of community health services in Suzhou is prefect by the comprehensive evaluation of Fussy mathematics, while ranking the community health services among all the communities by the results of Topsis analysis , those of Suzhou Industrial Park are best .(5) The future of community health services are promising.Conclusion: The outcome of the fuzzy mathematical appraisal shows that community health services in Suzhou are getting on well, however there are several shortcomings. Taking in account of the current state in Suzhou, more efforts should be spared. It is suggested that the investments by government, staff trainings and the proper distributions of medical resources should be strengthened.