Abstract
Objective To explore community managers' awareness of hospital-community linkage of continuing care on chronic disease, and status quo of this linkage. Methods In-depth interview was conducted to 17 chronic disease managers in community health service centers, with the results analyzed by Colaizzi 7-step analyzing method. Results For the significance of carrying out hospital-community linkage of continuing care on chronic disease, most community managers hold a positive opinion. The hospital-community linkage model had come into form, yet in general, it was not carried out satisfactorily, with multiple restrictive factors like blocked information transmission, insufficient community resources, and low awareness of the patients, etc. Conclusions Currently, hospital-community linkage of continuing care on chronic disease is still affected by various kinds of retardant factors, making it difficult to be carried out in real sense. With existing problems taken into consideration, feasible modes on hospital-community linkage of continuing care on chronic disease should be explored. Key words: Chronic disease; Hospitals; Community health service center; Continuing care; Qualitative study
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