Empirical analysis on the synergistic development of the compound system for rural public health service

Abstract

Objective To measure and analyze the order degree of the internal subsystems and the synergetic degree of the compound system of rural public health service in county areas based on the synergy model of the compound system. Methods According to the distribution of eastern, central and western regions in China, Xiangshan county in Zhejiang province, Wuzhi county in Henan province and Bin county in Shaanxi province were sampled.Based on the index system of synergetic degree measurement including the 52 level-2 evaluation indicators, a questionnaire survey was used to measure the synergetic degree of the compound system of rural public health service in county areas. Results The highest synergetic degrees of the compound system of rural public health service in Xiangshan county, Wuzhi county and Bin county were only 0.181 53, 0.180 68 and 0.213 12 respectively.This indicated the synergy at a low degree.And the synergy of the supply-demand system was an important influential factor for synergy of this compound system, as their development trends were consistent basically. Conclusions The synergy model of the compound system can play a useful role in rural public health service system in county areas.The demand of rural residents deserves more attention and the difference between the service supply and demand should be reduced. Key words: Rural health service; Public health service; Compound system; Synergy degree; Empirical analysis