[A study on the capability of dyslipidemia diagnosis and treatment among 42 community hospitals in Beijing].
OBJECTIVE
To understand the use of lipidemia related assistant examinations and lipid-lowering agents, the clinical ability among physicians in district and community hospitals in Beijing, and to evaluate the capability of dislipidemia diagnosis and treatment in these hospitals.


METHODS
A survey was carried out in 42 hospitals in Chaoyang and Haidian district, including 9 district level hospitals, and the rest were at the community level. Questionnaire survey and in-depth interview were used to collect information from the leaders of related departments in those hospitals. A total number of 632 physicians in those hospitals were investigated, using a close book examination.


RESULTS
100% of the hospitals could perform TC and TG tests; 87.5% and 72.5% of the hospitals had medications as statins and bile acid, respectively; 100% of the hospitals could test ALT and 40.0% of the hospitals could test CK. The correct rates of selecting treatment strategy and determining the appropriate treatment goals were 53.7% and 17.6%, respectively.


CONCLUSIONS
The hardware condition of community hospitals seem to have satisfied the implicit requirements of dyslipidemia evaluation and treatment but it was essential to improve the knowledge and ability among physicians in community hospitals.
Wang
Wen-Hua
WH
Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing 100029, China.
Zhao
Dong
D
Zeng
Zhe-Chun
ZC
Jia
Yan-Na
YN
Liu
Ying
Y
Zhu
Xiu-Ping
XP
D002681:China; D003625:Data Collection; D050171:Dyslipidemias / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'