Characteristics of 155 primary care institutions in the clinical guideline survey, China, 2016
| Total (n=155) | Institutional level | Region | ||||
| County-level (n=66) | Grass-roots level (n=89) | Eastern (n=39) | Central (n=50) | Western (n=66) | ||
| Staffing* | ||||||
| Profession | ||||||
| Physician | 29 (10–116) | 136 (69.25–232.75) | 12 (5–24) | 29 (9–152) | 30 (10–176.75) | 30.5 (10.75–95.75) |
| Nurse | 31 (10–167) | 211.50 (78.75–372.25) | 12 (4–25.50) | 37 (9–203) | 26 (12–262.75) | 33.5 (7–140.25) |
| Practitioner from auxiliary department | 15 (4–43) | 59.50 (30.75–96) | 6 (2–10.50) | 15 (6–61) | 10.5 (3–68) | 15 (4.75–34) |
| Administrative staff | 4 (1–23) | 25 (10–42.25) | 2 (0–4) | 4 (1–25) | 4.5 (1–25.25) | 4 (1–22) |
| Other | 8 (1–30) | 47 (9.75–82.50) | 3 (0–9) | 9 (1–47) | 9 (2–58.50) | 7.5 (1–18.50) |
| Education background | ||||||
| Master’s | 0 (0–3) | 2 (0–10) | 0 (0–1) | 3 (1–12) | 0 (0–3) | 0 (0–1) |
| Bachelor’s | 21 (4–104) | 143.50 (46–305.25) | 7 (2–17) | 42 (8–152) | 14 (4–236) | 17 (4–77.50) |
| College graduate | 35 (7–162) | 199.50 (105.75–310) | 12 (5–31) | 23 (5–170) | 33.5 (8.75–233.75) | 37.5 (2.75–140.50) |
| High school and below | 22 (5–82) | 89.50 (39.50–1737.50) | 8 (2–19.50) | 9 (0–100) | 29 (11–91) | 21.50 (7.25–73.50) |
| Professional title | ||||||
| Senior | 5 (1–28) | 31 (12–71.75) | 1 (0–4) | 9 (1–35) | 5 (1–46.25) | 3.50 (0–20.25) |
| Intermediate | 26 (5–100) | 109 (47.50–217.75) | 8 (2–23) | 32 (8–121) | 25.5 (5–173) | 21.50 (4.75–63) |
| Primary | 43 (16–144) | 191 (88.25–361) | 20 (5–40) | 45 (10–142) | 46 (16.75–234.50) | 40 (16–101.75) |
| None | 9 (1–46) | 53.5 (27.75–145.75) | 3 (0–9) | 3 (0–45) | 7 (3–83) | 19 (2–46.50) |
| Length of service | ||||||
| <5 years | 19 (4–105) | 140.50 (39.50–179) | 6 (2–18) | 37 (4–130) | 11 (4–162) | 20.5 (4.75–62) |
| 5–10 years | 21 (4–73) | 97.50 (39.75–179) | 8 (2–15) | 25 (3–76) | 15 (3.75–114.75) | 21.5 (6–53.25) |
| 10–15 years | 13 (3–50) | 65.50 (27.50–139) | 4 (2–10) | 9 (2–50) | 11.50 (4–71.75) | 15 (3–44.75) |
| ≥15 years | 24 (4–81) | 100.50 (40.75–245.50) | 8 (2–26) | 14 (0–70) | 49.50 (6.50–136) | 18.50 (7.75–65.50) |
| Medical services* | ||||||
| Radius, km | 10 (3–30) | 34.50 (13.75–52.50) | 4 (2–12) | 3 (1.40–10) | 15 (6.75–40.50) | 15.05 (3.12–4.90) |
| Population covered, in 10 000 | 7 (2.45–33) | 45 (17.72–52.50) | 3.40 (1.65–7.25) | 6 (0.55–33) | 7.25 (2.58–45.75) | 6.90 (2.93–31.45) |
| Beds | 68 (5–350) | 397 (203.75–822.25) | 11 (0–52) | 0 (0–500) | 87.5 (20–657.50) | 70 (17.50–277.50) |
| Annual patient visits, visits/year | 57 670 (13 800–194 372) | 180 812.50 (105 000–332 500) | 23 876 (6643–63 892) | 146 000 (12 000–230 000) | 47 421.50 (13 023.75–27 470.50) | 48 446 (13 873.50–14 175) |
| Annual discharges, discharges/year | 1823 (0–12 750) | 16 000 (6726–30 244.25) | 75 (0–1175) | 0 (0–17 535) | 3075.5 (369.50–27 470.50) | 1550 (112.75–11 075) |
| Physicians’ daily patient load, visits/day | 16.30 (6.50–31) | 17.60 (6.07–35.30) | 16 (6.90–30.50) | 25 (5.5–60) | 15 (5.84–25.75) | 16.35 (7–30) |
| Physicians’ daily burden in inpatient beds per capita, beds/day | 3 (0–7) | 5 (3–8) | 2 (0–5.55) | 0 (0–2.32) | 5 (2–8) | 3.5 (1–7.25) |
| Nursing staff’s daily burden in inpatient beds per capita, beds/day | 3 (0–6) | 3.89 (2–6) | 2 (0–5) | 0 (0–2.30) | 3.2 (2–7.73) | 3 (1.10–6) |
| Equipment and technology* | ||||||
| Total value of institutional equipment ≥10 000 (¥10 000) | 200 (28–2000) | 2871.31 (437.50–7723.25) | 50 (5–200) | 72 (0–2852.62) | 200 (43.50–3301.50) | 206.50 (41.60–1725) |
| 10 000–50 000 (pieces) | 12 (2–96) | 113 (20–255.5) | 3 (0.50–13) | 2 (0–120) | 14.5 (3–72.25) | 15 (2.75–85.50) |
| ¥50 000–100 000 (pieces) | 4 (1–22) | 25 (6.75–63) | 1 (0–4) | 1 (0–42) | 3.5 (1–19) | 4.5 (0.75–15.25) |
| ¥100 000–500 000 (pieces) | 3 (0–30) | 34 (5–81) | 1 (0–3) | 2 (0–52) | 3 (1–34.75) | 3 (0.75–13.50) |
| ≥¥500 thousand (pieces) | 1 (0–8) | 10 (2–28.25) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–12) | 1 (0–7.50) | 0.5 (0–5) |
| Lab techniques† | ||||||
| Routine blood tests | 140 (90.3) | 66 (100.0) | 74 (83.1) | 36 (92.3) | 48 (96.0) | 56 (84.8) |
| Hepatic function tests | 133 (85.8) | 65 (98.5) | 68 (76.4) | 31 (79.5) | 47 (94.0) | 55 (83.3) |
| Renal function tests | 131 (84.5) | 65 (98.5) | 66 (74.2) | 29 (74.4) | 47 (94.0) | 55 (83.3) |
| Stool and urine tests | 132 (85.2) | 65 (98.5) | 67 (75.3) | 31 (79.5) | 45 (90.0) | 56 (84.8) |
| Bacterial cultures | 68 (43.9) | 55 (83.3) | 13 (14.6) | 17 (43.6) | 23 (46.0) | 28 (42.4) |
| Blood concentration monitoring | 15 (9.7) | 13 (19.7) | 2 (2.2) | 4 (10.3) | 6 (12.0) | 5 (7.6) |
| Ultrasonographic techniques† | ||||||
| Black-white ultrasound B scanner | 116 (74.8) | 56 (84.8) | 60 (67.4) | 23 (59.0) | 45 (90.0) | 48 (72.7) |
| Coloured ultrasound B scanner | 111 (71.6) | 66 (100.0) | 45 (50.6) | 30 (76.9) | 34 (68.0) | 47 (71.2) |
| Radiographic techniques† | ||||||
| Plain film | 121 (78.1) | 65 (98.5) | 56 (62.9) | 30 (76.9) | 43 (86.0) | 48 (72.7) |
| CT | 63 (40.6) | 55 (83.3) | 8 (9.0) | 16 (41.0) | 20 (40.0) | 27 (40.9) |
| MRI | 39 (25.2) | 38 (57.6) | 1 (1.1) | 14 (35.9) | 15 (30.0) | 10 (15.2) |
| Angiography | 28 (18.1) | 27 (40.9) | 1 (1.1) | 10 (25.6) | 11 (22.0) | 7 (10.6) |
*Median and IQR.
†Number and percentage.