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Table 1 Indicators and weights for assessing disease prevention, medical service and healthcare financing

From: Building an integrated healthcare system of China: an assessment of coupling coordination between disease prevention, medical services, and healthcare financing from 2012 to 2021

Sub-system

Index

 

Calculation method and unit

Attribute

Weight

Disease prevention

Input

CDC health technician coverage

The total number of the CDC technician/(total population × geographical area),%

 + 

0.474

disease prevention agency staff coverage

The total number of disease prevention agency staff/(total population × geographical area),%

 + 

0.449

Process

Health management enrollment rate for child under 3 years

%

 + 

0.005

The proportion of health checks in the total population

%

 + 

0.053

Output

The incidence of Class A and B infectious diseases

Per 100,000 people

-

0.015

maternal actual

Per 100,000 people

-

0.004

Medical service

Input

Coverage of practicing (assistant) physicians

The total number of practicing (assistant) physicians/(total population × geographical area),%

 + 

0.434

Coverage of beds in medical and health institutions

The total number of beds in medical and health institutions/(total population × geographical area),%

 + 

0.377

The proportion of financial appropriations from health institutions in total revenue

%

 + 

0.084

Process

Hospital bed utilization rate

%

 + 

0.013

Hospital doctors pay the average number of visits

Person-time

 + 

0.019

Hospital doctors pay for their average daily inpatient bed days

Day

 + 

0.049

Output

Average day of hospitalization

Day

-

0.012

The proportion of per capita hospitalization expenses and residents' disposable income

%

-

0.012

Healthcare financing

Input

Portion of individual healthcare financing contributions in per capita disposable income

%

-

0.069

The proportion of government health expenditure in total health expenditure in all region

%

 + 

0.193

Process

The proportion of the insured number of employees in the total population

%

-

0.354

Coverage rate of maternity insurance participation

%

 + 

0.063

Output

The proportion of the basic healthcare financing fund expenditure in the total health care expenses

%

 + 

0.086

The total amount of medical assistance accounts for the expenditure of healthcare financing funds for urban and rural residents

%

-

0.205

Health-care costs as a share of disposable income

%

-

0.030

  1. (1) CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention