Current situation and capacity to deliver healthcare services at grassroots level in Minh Hoa district, Quang Binh province

Authors

  • Dang Thanh Nam Ministry of Health, Vietnam; National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Vietnam
  • Nguyen Thi Thuy Duong National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Vietnam
  • Phan Le Thu Hang Ministry of Health, Vietnam
  • Tham Chi Dung Ministry of Health, Vietnam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51403/0868-2836/2020/247

Keywords:

Health care service, grassroots level, primary health care, commune health station, district health center

Abstract

Strengthening the health care system at grassroots level is a top priority of the Vietnam Government agenda at the present. Recently, the overall system has been improved, however the capacity to deliver healthcare services, especially primary health care was still facing to many shortcomings. The study aimed to assess the current situation and capacity to deliver health care services at grassroots level. All health care facilities in the Minh Hoa district, Quang Binh province in 2018 were selected, included Minh Hoa District Hospital (DHs) and 16 Commune Health Center (CHCs). The results showed that the disease patterns tended to primarily concentrate on the illness which weres related to the human lifestyle and health behaviors such as living habits, eating unhealthy food, stress and also natural environment. Utilization of the curative services increased over the year, especially the laboratory testing and health examination services. However, the facility infrastructures did not meet the national standard. The function rooms in the facilities being degraded and damaged remained at high proportion which were required to renovate. The facilities lacked of large number of essential equipment and materials. In order to strengthen the capacity to deliver the health care services, the study recommended to invest to standardize infrastructure, provision of essential equipment, materials and drugs in correspondent to the disease pattern.

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Published

28-04-2021

How to Cite

Nam, D. T. ., Duong, N. T. T. ., Hang, P. L. T. ., & Dung, T. C. . (2021). Current situation and capacity to deliver healthcare services at grassroots level in Minh Hoa district, Quang Binh province. Vietnam Journal of Preventive Medicine, 30(4), 27–34. https://doi.org/10.51403/0868-2836/2020/247

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