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Are Rural Primary Care Providers Able to Competently Manage Common Illnesses? A Cross-Sectional Study in Rural Sichuan, Western China
Background: Strengthening primary care is a key focus of the latest healthcare reforms in China. However, many challenges, including the workforce competence, still exist. This study aimed to evaluate the common disease management competency of rural primary care providers in Sichuan Province, weste...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9498850/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36141362 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10091750 |
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author | Fang, Yian Jiang, Shaohua Jiang, Pei Zhou, Huan Yang, Min |
author_facet | Fang, Yian Jiang, Shaohua Jiang, Pei Zhou, Huan Yang, Min |
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description | Background: Strengthening primary care is a key focus of the latest healthcare reforms in China. However, many challenges, including the workforce competence, still exist. This study aimed to evaluate the common disease management competency of rural primary care providers in Sichuan Province, western China. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 9 township health centers and 86 village clinics in 3 counties. Diarrhea and respiratory infection were selected as the evaluation cases. General partitioners were assessed through their abilities to (1) take history; (2) make diagnoses; (3) propose treatment; and (4) deal with clinical cases. Results: In total, 362 healthcare workers were surveyed, and 130 general practitioners were enrolled into our study. On average, rural primary care providers could only answer 46.4% of questions absolutely correctly, with 29.7% partly correctly and 23.8% incorrectly. Conclusion: We suggest strengthening training to improve rural primary care providers’ competencies, especially their capacities of history taking. Policy action is also needed to address regional disparities. |
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spelling | pubmed-94988502022-09-23 Are Rural Primary Care Providers Able to Competently Manage Common Illnesses? A Cross-Sectional Study in Rural Sichuan, Western China Fang, Yian Jiang, Shaohua Jiang, Pei Zhou, Huan Yang, Min Healthcare (Basel) Article Background: Strengthening primary care is a key focus of the latest healthcare reforms in China. However, many challenges, including the workforce competence, still exist. This study aimed to evaluate the common disease management competency of rural primary care providers in Sichuan Province, western China. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 9 township health centers and 86 village clinics in 3 counties. Diarrhea and respiratory infection were selected as the evaluation cases. General partitioners were assessed through their abilities to (1) take history; (2) make diagnoses; (3) propose treatment; and (4) deal with clinical cases. Results: In total, 362 healthcare workers were surveyed, and 130 general practitioners were enrolled into our study. On average, rural primary care providers could only answer 46.4% of questions absolutely correctly, with 29.7% partly correctly and 23.8% incorrectly. Conclusion: We suggest strengthening training to improve rural primary care providers’ competencies, especially their capacities of history taking. Policy action is also needed to address regional disparities. MDPI 2022-09-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9498850/ /pubmed/36141362 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10091750 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Fang, Yian Jiang, Shaohua Jiang, Pei Zhou, Huan Yang, Min Are Rural Primary Care Providers Able to Competently Manage Common Illnesses? A Cross-Sectional Study in Rural Sichuan, Western China |
title | Are Rural Primary Care Providers Able to Competently Manage Common Illnesses? A Cross-Sectional Study in Rural Sichuan, Western China |
title_full | Are Rural Primary Care Providers Able to Competently Manage Common Illnesses? A Cross-Sectional Study in Rural Sichuan, Western China |
title_fullStr | Are Rural Primary Care Providers Able to Competently Manage Common Illnesses? A Cross-Sectional Study in Rural Sichuan, Western China |
title_full_unstemmed | Are Rural Primary Care Providers Able to Competently Manage Common Illnesses? A Cross-Sectional Study in Rural Sichuan, Western China |
title_short | Are Rural Primary Care Providers Able to Competently Manage Common Illnesses? A Cross-Sectional Study in Rural Sichuan, Western China |
title_sort | are rural primary care providers able to competently manage common illnesses? a cross-sectional study in rural sichuan, western china |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9498850/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36141362 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10091750 |
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