title: [Survey on factors influencing the use of suitable techniques on Chinese medicine in the countryside in 10 provinces].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the effective factors and difficulties in the application of Suitable Technique of Chinese Medicine(STCM) in the countryside.
  
  
  METHODS
  A survey on current situation was carried out on incumbency doctors in 12 cities with a self-designed questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 1387 available questionnaire, 51.8% of the doctors agreed with the active application of some STCM in the countryside while 42.8% thought that they could be promoted. Factors as age,titles of professional, jobs and holding a diploma had close relation with their attitude to the application of techniques in their cities (P < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Suitable technique of CM could be adopted by the rural doctors working at the grassroot healthcare unit, suggesting that these techniques should be popularized step by step.
authors.affiliation: The Center of Clinical Evaluation of China Academy of Chinese Medicine Science, Beijing 100700, China.
authors.forename: Bao-Yan
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yan-Ming
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Zhi-Wei
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Jing
authors.forename: Si-Hua
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Si-Cheng
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Long-Hui
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D003625:Data Collection; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019035:Rural Health Services