Comprehensive evaluation of the implementation of close-type county medical alliance in Shandong Province using entropy weight TOPSIS method and non-integer rank sum ratio method.

Autor: Zhang Q; School of Health Management, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 4655 University Road, Jinan, Shandong, 250355, China., Lu Z; School of Health Management, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 4655 University Road, Jinan, Shandong, 250355, China., Jing S; School of Health, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 4655 University Road, Jinan, Shandong, 250355, China., Guo D; Teacher Development Center, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 4655 University Road, Jinan, Shandong, 250355, China., Wang L; School of Health Management, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 4655 University Road, Jinan, Shandong, 250355, China. wanglijun2604@126.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC health services research [BMC Health Serv Res] 2024 Oct 07; Vol. 24 (1), pp. 1193. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 07.
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-11659-9
Abstrakt: Background: To improve the capacity of county medical and health services, China encourages all localities to pilot the close-type county medical alliance. In Shandong Province, medical alliances have been piloted in 47 counties, ranking first in the country. The objective of this study is to comprehensively evaluate the implementation of close-type county medical alliance in Shandong Province, identify the differences between different county regions, and analyze the reasons, so as to provide a reference for the construction of a new county medical and health service system with clear goals, powers and responsibilities, and division of labor.
Methods: The implementation of the close-type county medical alliance was comprehensively evaluated in 47 national pilot counties in Shandong Province using entropy weight TOPSIS method and non-integer rank sum ratio method. Variance analysis was used for comparison of the comprehensive evaluation results.
Results: The weight coefficient of evaluation indicators was highest for information interconnection, at 18.06%, and lowest for orderly referral of patients, at 3.64%. There was no difference in results of the comprehensive evaluation of entropy weight TOPSIS method and non-integer rank sum ratio method. Comprehensively order the implementation status of each pilot county according to the relative paste progress, 13 counties Y 5 , Y 11 , Y 14 , Y 16 , Y 20 , Y 25 , Y 26 , Y 27 , Y 28 , Y 32 , Y 33 , Y 40 and Y 42 were ranked highest, whereas county Y 37 was ranked lowest. Non-integer rank sum ratio method graded counties into three grades: excellent, good and average. Kruskal-Wallis nonparametric test showed that the difference between the grades was statistically significant (H[Formula: see text]37.099, p[Formula: see text]0.001). Variance analysis based on comprehensive evaluation results showed that implementation status was not correlated with the county economic development level, the level of health resources input and the medical service ability of the lead hospital.
Conclusions: Our findings indicated that the implementation of the close-type county medical alliance is significantly different between pilot counties, with a marked differentiation within the same urban area. Therefore, effective measures are recommended to reduce this gap, including promoting informatization empowerment of the county medical community, strengthening government responsibility and improving policy effectiveness.
(© 2024. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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