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Quality of Care in Public County Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Study for Stroke, Pneumonia, and Heart Failure Care in Eastern China

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  • Quan Wang

    (Center for Health Management and Policy Research, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
    National Health Commission (NHC) Key Lab of Health Economics and Policy Research, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China)

  • Li Yang

    (School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China)

  • Jialin Chen

    (Shandong Provincial Hospital for Skin Diseases & Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venerology, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan 250022, China)

  • Xi Tu

    (School of Health Policy and Management, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100005, China)

  • Qiang Sun

    (Center for Health Management and Policy Research, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
    National Health Commission (NHC) Key Lab of Health Economics and Policy Research, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China)

  • Hui Li

    (Center for Health Management and Policy Research, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
    National Health Commission (NHC) Key Lab of Health Economics and Policy Research, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China)

Abstract

There are very few studies about the quality of care (QoC) in Chinese county hospitals. Using 7, 6, and 6 standard operations from clinical pathways as the process indicators, we evaluated the quality of stroke, pneumonia, and heart failure care, respectively. We also conducted chi-squared tests to detect differences of quality between selected counties or hospitals. We extracted relevant information from medical records of 421 stroke cases, 329 pneumonia cases, and 341 heart failure cases, which were sampled from 6 county hospitals in 3 counties of eastern China. The average proportion of recommended care delivered included stroke, pneumonia, and heart failure patients at 55.36%, 41.64%, and 49.56%, respectively. Great variation of QoC was detected not only across selected counties but between comprehensive county hospitals and traditional Chinese medicine county hospitals. We deny the widely-accepted assumptions that poor QoC should be blamed on defectively-equipped facilities or medicine and overwhelmed care providers. Instead, we speculate the low qualifications of medical workers, failed clinical knowledge translation, incorrect diagnosis, and a lack of electronic systems could be the reasons behind poor QoC. It is high time for China to put QoC as the national health priority.

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  • Quan Wang & Li Yang & Jialin Chen & Xi Tu & Qiang Sun & Hui Li, 2022. "Quality of Care in Public County Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Study for Stroke, Pneumonia, and Heart Failure Care in Eastern China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(15), pages 1-14, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:15:p:9144-:d:872713
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    1. World Bank & International Finance Corporation, 2019. "External Assessment of Quality of Care in the Health Sector in Colombia," World Bank Publications - Reports 32281, The World Bank Group.
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