[Operational proportion of the public function and items of 161 centers of disease prevention and control in 7 provinces].
OBJECTIVE
To explicate the operational proportion of public function and items of the centers of disease prevention and control (CDC).


METHODS
161 CDC have been investigated by two-stage stratified sampling to provide the information about the operation of the public function and items of CDC.


RESULTS
(1) The average operational proportion investigated CDC is 71.7%, the province level 92.0%, the city level 73.7%, the county level 68.5%. East areas 76.5%, middle areas 71.5%, west areas 68.1%. (2) The operational proportion of disease prevention and control function and emergency treatment function were higher, but that of epidemic situation report and information management of health relative factor, inspection and control of health relative factor, and the laboratory examination and evaluation were lower.


CONCLUSIONS
Public function and items were rather poorly carried out by the centers of prevention and control in China, especially those in middle and west areas, and those in counties.
Wang
Ying
Y
Research Center of Health Development Strategies, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
Wang
Wei-Cheng
WC
Sun
Mei
M
Su
Zhong-Xin
ZX
Ma
Ning
N
Xie
Hongbin
H
Luo
Li
L
Yu
Jingjin
J
Yu
Mingzhu
M
Duan
Yong
Y
Gong
Xiangguang
X
Chen
Zheng
Z
Wang
Hua
H
Shi
Peiwu
P
Liang
Zhankai
Z
Yang
Feng
F
Wang
Dunzhi
D
Yue
Jianning
J
Luo
Shi
S
Hao
Mo
M
D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015980:Public Health Practice; D012494:Sampling Studies