[Evaluation index system for equalization of basic public health services].
OBJECTIVE
To establish the evaluation index system for equalization of basic public health services and to test its value in practice.


METHODS
We developed the index system through expert scored evaluation and then chose a city in Hunan for the research object. The sources of data and the methods of collection for each indicator were identified. The reliability and validity of index system was tested. The methods of AHP (analytic hierarchy process) and TOPSIS (technique for order preference by similarity to an ideal solution) were applied to comprehensively evaluate the public health services among nine counties in the city.


RESULTS
The Cronbach's alpha coefficient, which described reliability test result on evaluation index system for equalization of basic public health services, was 0.750. The cumulative contribution rate reached 89.32% after validity test with extraction of 5 common factors through factor-analysis. The sorting results from AHP or TOPSIS method are very close except two districts.


CONCLUSIONS
Evaluation index system for equalization of basic public health services established in this study is in good validity and reliability, which can be objectively applied to analyze the current status of basic public health services.
School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410078; College of Public Administration and Law, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China.
Yong
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Yu
Lijian
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Tao
Tubao
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Yang
D002681:China; D006296:Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D006302:Health Services Research; D011634:Public Health; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires