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1. Research on the Privacy-preserving Technical Scheme and the Coordinative Policies Strategies for Big Data in Medical Imaging
CHEN Kaiyuan, CHEN Long, ZHANG Yi, CHAI Runqi, WANG Na, ZENG Huatang, CHAI Senchun, LIANG Wannian
Chinese General Practice    2025, 28 (19): 2338-2344.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2023.0897
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Background

Responding to the increasing demand for privacy encryption in image-based medical big data, it is of great importance of proposing an innovative framework of coded-based privacy-preserving segmentation technology, and exploring the implementation pathways to facilitate the practical application of this technology from a collaborative perspective of technology and policy legislation.

Objective

To develop a privacy protection technology framework tailored for image-based medical big data, and propose policy and legislative coordination strategies to advance the technology's adoption, in order to enhance the healthcare informatization service system by combining technological innovation with policy support.

Methods

Construct the innovative framework for privacy preserving segmentation technology in medical image big data by literature review, theoretical analysis, technology framework development, experimental validation, and policy analysis, and then propose the policy and legislative coordination strategies.

Results

We successfully construct the innovative framework for privacy preserving segmentation technology in medical image big data and though the effectiveness verification, and propose specific policy and legislative recommendations addressing the inadequacies of existing laws and regulations in areas such as cloud data processing, liability attribution, technical standards, and special data protection.

Conclusion

Coded-based innovative framework for privacy preserving segmentation technology in medical image big data can enable effective sharing and utilization of image-based medical data by safeguarding patient's privacy, significantly enhance the data security and privacy protection level, and the proposing of corresponding policy and legislative coordination strategies offers novel insights and approaches to secure governance in this domain.

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2. Integrated Service Model and Practice Dilemma of County-level Family Doctor Team under the Compact County-level Medical Consortium: Based on the Critical Incident Technique
DAI Gaolanxin, YIN Gang, LI Hao, TAO Hongbing
Chinese General Practice    2025, 28 (19): 2433-2440.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2024.0385
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Background

Intensive county medical community plays an important role in improving the ability of primary medical service. As its service body, family doctor team provides quality soil for integrated service development. However, previous studies lack exploration and summary of relevant service models.

Objective

To summarize the integrated service model of family doctor team in the compact county medical community.

Methods

From July 2023 to November 2023, 62 family doctor team members in Dancheng City, Anyang City and Gongyi City of Henan Province were interviewed about integrated service practice by using semi-structured interview and key event technology.

Results

Four themes of integrated services are analyzed and further refined, they were subject, content, process, and obstacles of integrated services. Drawing on the physiological structure of "squid", this paper proposed "squid model" to describe the integrated service mode of the county family doctor team, emphasizing the core command role of the county medical community, the coordinating role of the family doctor management office, and the service antenna function of the county and village third-level family doctor team and village doctor.

Conclusion

"Squid model" provides an intuitive framework for understanding and optimizing this service model. The integrated service model of county family doctor team shows the characteristics of diversified subject participation and all-round service content integration, but it still faces certain obstacles.

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3. The Synergistic Mechanism of Capitation Prepayment and DRG Payment in Compact County-level Medical Consortium: from the Perspective of Holistic Governance
ZHANG Zixun, YIN Gang, BIAN Ying, TAO Hongbing
Chinese General Practice    2025, 28 (19): 2441-2448.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2024.0535
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Background

All regions in China are actively promoting the reform of the prepaid payment method for the total amount of medical insurance in the context of the integrated medical community. However, the integration of DRG/DIP payment and the total amount payment policy within the integrated medical community is still in the exploratory stage. Although there have been studies on the cost control effect and cost control mechanism of the composite medical insurance payment method, there is still room for expansion.

Objective

To analyze the synergistic mechanism and effects of capitation prepayment and DRG payment in the compact county-level medical consortium.

Methods

In July 2023, a field survey was conducted in Yindu District. The convenience sampling method was used to select key informants within the integrated medical community for semi-structured interviews (n=28). The interview outline covered medical insurance payment reform policies and measures, incentive mechanisms, work perceptions and optimization suggestions, etc. Based on the holistic governance theory, the thematic framework analysis method was used to analyze the interview data to build a coordination mechanism framework for the prepaid payment for the total number of people and the DRG payment in the integrated medical community in Yindu District. Meanwhile, policy documents closely related to the construction of the integrated medical community and medical insurance reform in Yindu District published from January 2017 to July 2024 were retrieved (n=18) to supplement relevant policy background information.

Results

A thematic framework with 4 analytical themes, namely policy behavior, supervision behavior, service behavior and incentive mechanism, covering 12 sub-themes was formed. The medical insurance payment reform plays a key guiding role in the governance framework of the integrated medical community. There was a sequential compliance relationship between the prepaid payment for the total number of people and the DRG payment. The coordination mechanism between the prepaid payment for the total number of people and the DRG payment within the integrated medical community was achieved through mutual supplementation, improvement of policy behavior, supervision behavior and the incentive mechanism for service behavior. Both were indispensable for realizing resource integration and the goal of "health-centered" in the integrated medical community.

Conclusion

In a compact medical community, capitation prepayment and DRG payment systems, by establishing integration mechanisms and incentive structures, can synergize policy efforts, influence policy implementation behaviors, oversight activities, and the service delivery practices of healthcare institutions at all levels. Together, these factors contribute to the achievement of a "health-centered" goal.

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4. Promote the Construction of Compact County-level Medical Consortium: Break Through the Barriers to Collaborative Governance and Optimize the Ecological System
CUI Longyan, WANG Min, TAO Hongbing
Chinese General Practice    2025, 28 (19): 2421-2425.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2024.0632
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The construction of compact county medical health community has entered the stage of comprehensive promotion. There are huge opportunities and challenges to improve the coverage and construction level of the compact county-level medical community. This researchsummarized relevant policies and literature at home and abroad, and analyzed the related era background of the development of compact county medical health community and the key influencing factors of their development, sort out the key barrier factors such as payment methods, management systems, service models and information sharing as well as their internal logical relationships, and put forward targeted countermeasures. The construction of compact county medical health community need the scientific integration of medical and health resources within county area. Meanwhile, it is necessary to formulate prepaid plan of population-based global budget and rational formulation in a scientific and rational manner. Moreover, multiple barriers such as payment barriers, institutional barriers, service barriers and information. barriers need to be removed, blockages need to be cleared, broken links need to be connected, and difficulties need to be overcome, so as to eshape the ecology of the medical service system, truly implement the concept of health-centeredness, and enable county residents to enjoy high-quality, continuous and efficient medical and health services.

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5. Research on the Digital Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Collaborative Health Governance Model Based on the Logic of Health Co-prosperity
NI Minhan, WU Zhihan, ZHOU Siyu, HUANG Xianhong, SUN Tao, WANG Xiaohe, CUI Linlin
Chinese General Practice    2025, 28 (13): 1567-1572.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2023.0770
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Health co-prosperity is the conceptual interpretation and application extension of the logic of common prosperity in the field of health. Building a digital collaborative health governance model between Chinese and western medicine based on the advantages of digital reform is the "Zhejiang Model" of health co-prosperity and helps to achieve the goal of high-quality full life cycle medical and health services. This article is based on the collection of relevant policies on the digital collaboration between Chinese and western medicine during the construction of the Common Prosperity Demonstration Zone in China and Zhejiang Province. It elaborates on the definition and connotation of health co-prosperity, and selects the digital Chinese and western coordinated health governance model of provincial, grassroots platforms, and medical institutions in Zhejiang Province as a specific case to explain the theme and path of the system design logic, grassroots platform logic, and institutional service logic of health co-prosperity, to provide reference and suggestions for the innovative construction and optimization of the collaborative health governance model between Chinese and western medicine.

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6. Empirical Exploration on the Collaboration of General Practice and Speciality in Chronic Disease Management: Taking the "Six Ones" Construction of Community Osteoarthritis Management as an Example
ZHANG Hanzhi, YU Dehua
Chinese General Practice    2025, 28 (10): 1259-1264.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2023.0350
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At present, the collaboration of general practice and speciality has been applied to the diagnosis, treatment and management of various chronic diseases in the community based on the technical support of disease diagnosis and treatment and the implementation of hierarchical diagnosis and treatment. Based on the patient-centered, systematic and holistic thinking characteristics of general practice, the general practice team of Yangpu Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University explored and practiced a more comprehensive, in-depth and effective collaboration model of general practice and speciality around the multi-dimensional construction of 'six ones'. The construction of 'six ones' was based on the collaboration of general practice and speciality between general hospitals and community health service centers. Taking osteoarthritis (OA), a common chronic disease in the community, as an example, its contents and characteristics were as follows. (1) Establishment of a multidisciplinary team: the established team could rely on the basis of the three-dimensional integrated health care system of the general hospitals, to give play to the liaison and coordination role of general practice department in general hospitals, refine and coordinate the multidisciplinary division of labor; (2) Improvement of a set of diagnosis and treatment processes: improve a set of hierarchical diagnosis and treatment process for diseases based on scientific evidence, and evaluate the effectiveness of the diagnosis and treatment process, so that it could help to improve patients' symptoms and quality of life; (3) Development of an APP: the developed APP could cover multiple functions such as hierarchical diagnosis and management of OA patients, doctor-patient communication, popularization of science, appointment registration, and could record the complete diagnosis and treatment data in the exclusive information platform; (4) Designing a set of publicity and promotion programs: Publicize the program in multiple scenarios such as disease diagnosis and treatment, health examination and consultation in general hospitals and communities through a variety of forms of text, pictures and videos; (5) Establishment of a case database: establish a specific disease database for OA patients, continuously follow up patients and implement hierarchical management of the collected data, so as to provide more cases with general characteristics; (6) Construction of a set of curricula: the curriculum is built around OA specialties, including "bone pain as an undifferentiated disease in general practice" and "chronic disease management of OA", the course is conducted in the form of problem-oriented learning, outpatient consultation and teaching round demonstration, which was for multi-level training of undergraduate, graduate and continuing education. Taking the 'six ones' construction of OA management in the community as an example, the practice of the collaboration of general practice and speciality for the management of chronic disease based on the thinking of general practice suggests the potential of comprehensive, in-depth cooperation and mutual promotion between the two sides in multiple dimensions of medicine, teaching and research, as well as the effectiveness of optimizing and integrating the team, technology and information support related to hierarchical disease management for promoting the physical and mental health of patients.

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7. Consideration on Strategies for Harmonious Growth of Community Rehabilitation and Primary Health Care
LIN Yifang, JIA Jie
Chinese General Practice    2025, 28 (08): 905-910.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2024.0141
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Community rehabilitation has much in common with primary health care. While providing primary health care for key groups, primary health care institutions will be of great significance if they can accurately provide rehabilitation services to people in need, reduce their degree of dysfunction, improve their quality of life, and realize the functional positioning of "rehabilitation at the grassroots level". This paper focuses on the coordinated development of community rehabilitation and primary health care, proposes several strategies in service delivery, service cooperation, and service financing, in order to provide references for the expansion of rehabilitation capabilities in primary health care institutions, and hopes to contribute to higher general public health standards and reduced medical expenditures.

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8. Study on the Application of O2O Peer Tutor Collaborative Health Management Program in Rural Diabetes Patients with Non-standard Treatment
JIA Honghong, DU Qiuhui, ZHANG Zichen, ZHOU Yuqiu
Chinese General Practice    2025, 28 (04): 476-481.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2023.0934
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Background

The phenomenon of non-standard treatment of diabetes patients in rural areas is particularly serious. Diabetes health management is focused on preventing and controlling diabetic complications in rural areas of China, as well as lowering disability and death rates.

Objective

To explore the effects of O2O peer mentor collaborative health management on the risk perception and diabetes management self-efficacy in rural patients with non-standard diabetes treatment.

Methods

A total of 90 diabetic patients with non-standard treatment in Lamadian Town, Ranghulu District, Daqing City from April to November 2023 were selected as the study subjects by convenience sampling method, and randomly assigned 45 patients to the experimental group and 45 to the control group. The experimental group adopted O2O peer mentor collaborative health management scheme, the intervention lasted for 6 months, and the control group adopted conventional chronic disease health management. A comparison was made between the two groups' risk perception and self-efficacy in managing their diabetes.

Results

The study was concluded with 42 cases in the experimental group and 41 instances in the control group. Following the intervention, the experimental group and control group had scores on the diabetes risk perception scale of (43.86±7.00) and (32.56±4.24), there was a statistically significant difference between them (t=8.864, P<0.001). Similarly, the experimental group and control group had scores on the diabetes management self-efficacy scale of (100.45±16.74) and (75.54±13.82), there was a statistically significant difference between them (t=7.384, P<0.001) .

Conclusion

The O2O peer mentor collaborative health management program can effectively improve the risk perception and diabetes management self-efficacy of rural patients with non-standard diabetes treatment, and improve their health management level.

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9. Holistic Integrative Medicine Declaration
China Institute for Development Strategy of Holistic Integrative Medicine
Chinese General Practice    2024, 27 (31): 0-C3.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2024.A0021
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Holistic integrative medicine, abbreviated as HIM, has been officially proposed since 2012. Its theoretical system has been continuously improved, and its practical methods have become increasingly diverse, becoming an inevitable choice and path for the medical development in the new era. This article demonstrates ten major propositions for HIM, elaborating on the connotation and extension of HIM from the perspectives of epistemology and methodology, in order to achieve the transformation and adaptive evolution of modern medicine.

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10. Research Progress on the Concept and Framework of an Integrated Health Management Service Model for Children at Home and Abroad
LIU Changming, ZHANG Zhi, ZHANG Yong, ZHAO Qian, YU Kelin, XUE Linmei, SU Yanling, YANG Xudong
Chinese General Practice    2024, 27 (28): 3574-3580.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2024.0129
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The imbalance between the supply and demand of pediatric medical resources and health management services in our country has been a long-standing issue, primary healthcare institutions are particularly prominent in this context. How to achieve integration and optimization of pediatric medical resources at the grassroots medical and health institutions is an urgent problem that needs to be addressed. This article primarily summarizes and analyzes the concept and framework of integrated health management services for children, including children's health assessment, early intervention, long-term follow-up, and case studies and practical experiences. Through a review of domestic and international literature, it concludes feasible models of integrated health services for children. This review suggests that integrated health management services have broad potential and promising applications, providing personalized and efficient health management and intervention for children.

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11. Research on Implementation Mechanism of Treatment-prevention Integration Under the Background of Constructing Integrated Service System
HU Meili, ZHANG Qian, SHEN Dou, LI Hongli, LIU Yuehua, YANG Wen, YANG Jinlan, GU Fang
Chinese General Practice    2024, 27 (22): 2706-2713.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2023.0722
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Background

The key task in China's medical and health field during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period is to realize treatment-prevention integration and innovate the mechanism of treatment-prevention integration.

Objective

This paper analyzes the implementation mechanism of treatment-prevention integration under the background of integrated service system construction, and provides reference for exploring the path of medical and prevention integration adapting to the strategy of "Healthy China".

Methods

Taking 2018 as the time node, relevant literature was searched on CNKI and Wanfang Data Knowledge Service Platform with keywords of "treatment-prevention integration" "medical and prevention coordination" "combination of prevention and treatment" and literatures on case policies, measures and implementation effects of integrated service systems such as medical alliance. Finally, 18 literatures and 15 cases were selected. Based on the rainbow model, system integration, organizational integration, professional integration, service integration, functional integration and normative integration were determined as condition variables from macro, meso and micro levels and supporting factors, and the effect of treatment-prevention integration was determined as result variable. QCA was adopted to explore the implementation mechanism of medical and preventive integration under the background of integrated service system construction.

Results

There were four configuration paths that could effectively improve the effect of treatment-prevention integration, and the four paths were in line with the multi-layer integrated path and the medium-micro integrated path respectively. The following results were obtained: (1) It was more effective to carry out treatment-prevention integration relying on the integrated service system, and there are multiple paths that can effectively improve the effect of treatment-prevention integration under the integrated service system; (2) Service integration plays a fundamental role in improving the effect of medical and preventive integration; (3) The setting of relevant policy indicators for improving the system integration, professional integration and functional integration of treatment-prevention integration is not perfect.

Conclusion

(1) Relying on the construction of integrated service system to promote the improvement of treatment-prevention integration effect; (2) Give full play to the basic guarantee role of service integration; (3) Make reference to the successful experience of multi-level integration cases, set policy indicators at macro, meso and micro levels in a balanced manner, and improve the integration of system integration, professional integration and supporting elements.

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12. How to Build a Quality, Efficient and Integrated Health System
LIANG Wannian
Chinese General Practice    2024, 27 (19): 2301-2304.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2024.A0015
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Building a high-quality and efficient people centered integrated care system with Chinese characteristics crucial for implementing the Healthy China strategy and essential for the high-quality development of the healthcare system. This article proposes that a people centered integrated care system should center on health, with efficient triage of urgent and non-urgent cases, linkage between different healthcare levels, and a synergy of prevention and treatment. The development of medical services requires collaboration between public medical and health institutions and societal forces. To construct such a system, transformation is necessary in seven key areas: service system, service concept, individual service decision-making, doctor-patient relationship, service mode, payment mechanism, and regulatory assessment. The key is to promote the strengthening, extension, and integration of the healthcare system and public health service system. This article highlights the importance of management system reform and the full use of information technology, stating that the core aim of building a peo-ple centered integrated care system is to meet the comprehensive health needs of the population, establish a rational and orderly medical framework, and ultimately support the creation of a robust health system in China.

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13. How to Advance the Improvement of Primary Health Care Model for Rural Populations with Priority Diseases: an Evidence Brief for Person-centered Integrated Health Management Policy
ZHANG Xiaotian, LI Mingyue, LAN Qing, LIU Xiaoyun
Chinese General Practice    2024, 27 (16): 1924-1929.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2023.0700
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Background

To better address the problems and challenges facing primary health care services in China, China's National Health Commission and the Gates Foundation have been collaborated to implement primary health care projects in areas such as Shanxi Province, Hubei Province, and part of the rural areas of Henan Province from 2017 to 2022. The overall goal of the project is to explore an effective model for basic health care services and to contribute to health poverty alleviation, which will enhance experience sharing within China and benefit other developing countries.

Objective

To summarize the experience of implementing person-centered integrated health management project in rural populations with priority diseases, represented by hypertension and diabetes.

Methods

The collection of information and data for the person-centered integrated health management project encompassed multiple sources, including hospital information system, statistical reporting information, basic public health information system, qualitative interviews, patient surveys, physician surveys and quality surveys of medical records. Descriptive statistical analysis as well as before-and-after comparisons were used as the main evaluation methods.

Results

The proportion of patients with hypertension and diabetes under standardized management increased steadily, the average hospitalization cost of inpatients decreased, with a gradual increase in healthy living behaviors and a significant improvement medication adherence. In terms of health outcomes, the control rate of hypertension improved significantly but the control rate for blood glucose did not change significantly.

Conclusion

The service concept and capacity of person-centered integrated health management for priority diseases have been significantly improved. The relevant measures have been transformed into policies to be promoted and implemented in the project areas. Various types of experts are the key factors in promoting the implementation of the project, the sustainability of the measures needs to be maintained.

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14. Medical and Social Cooperation and Community Smart Health Huts: Reconstruction of Hierarchical Diagnosis and Treatment Path
WU Yuxia, MA Hongbo, MI Hong
Chinese General Practice    2024, 27 (13): 1638-1644.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2023.0404
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Background

One of the important reasons for the slow progress of hierarchical diagnosis and treatment since its implementation is the lack of comprehensiveness in the analysis of multiple subjects and stakeholders.

Objective

To explore mechanism innovation solutions that combine both top-down and bottom-up paths by analyzing the interest relationships among diverse stakeholders in the hierarchical medical diagnosis and treatment system, and facilitate collaborative governance among diverse stakeholders through policy innovation and path innovation, to optimize the order of hierarchical patient flow.

Methods

From October 10, 2022, to March 20, 2023, two advanced urban districts in China (S district in X city and H district in N city) were selected as typical research areas. A total of 36 different stakeholders (involving municipal health administrative departments, tertiary hospital administrators, tertiary hospital specialists, community health service center administrators, general practitioners, health social workers, and patients) were selected as the study subjects for the in-depth interviews through snowball and purposive sampling methods. The stakeholder theory analysis method was employed to analyze the interests and constraints among the seven major stakeholder groups and their constraints on the healthy development of the order of hierarchical medical diagnosis and treatment, and explore the dilemma of the mechanism of hierarchical diagnosis and treatment. Furthermore, textual analysis of interview records of typical stakeholders in the pilot and non-pilot areas of the implementation of health social workers and community smart health huts in S district in X city and H district in N city was conducted to compare the effects before and after the implementation.

Results

The results of the in-depth interviews showed that four main dimensions, including the degree of interest, willingness to implement, the extent of impact by implementation, and the influence on implementation, are the major factors affecting the implementation of hierarchical medical diagnosis and treatment by the seven major stakeholder groups. These seven stakeholder groups hold varying interest positions and play different roles in facilitating or obstructing the implementation of the hierarchical medical diagnosis and treatment. The difficulty of forming a collaborative mechanism among diverse stakeholders is the key to the problem. In pilot areas, through the implementation of the community smart health huts and health social workers, and the resulting medical-social collaboration, the relevance of the seven major stakeholder groups can be enhanced and the hierarchical medical diagnosis and treatment order can be improved.

Conclusion

The community smart health huts serve as a physical space for the new medical-social collaboration mechanism, while health social workers act as the connectors and enablers of this new mechanism. With the help of the new carrier of community smart health huts and the new power of health social workers, the construction of a new path of medical-social collaboration centered on health social work can realize the front entrance of medical treatment and play the role of"energy enhancer"to form the order of hierarchical medical diagnosis and treatment.

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15. The Influencing Factors and Management Strategies of Multimorbidity Based on Syndemic Theory
XU Zhijie, QIAN Yi, YAN Ming, LU Yiting, ZHAO Yang
Chinese General Practice    2024, 27 (11): 1288-1295.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2023.0701
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Multimorbidity increases the burden of disease and treatment for patients, which is becoming an essential research issue in the field of public health and primary care. As medical research advances, the understanding of how to deal with the challenge of multimorbidity is undergoing a profound shift, the most significant of which is the focus on the potential influence of social and environmental factors on disease clustering and development. Syndemic theory provides a new perspective for exploring the clustering of multiple conditions, as well as their interaction with social and environmental factors, which is of great significance for analyzing the interaction of chronic comorbidities at the social and environmental levels, and contributing to improve health outcomes of vulnerable populations. However, there is a lack of introduction and research on this theory in China. This article mainly reviews the basic concepts and viewpoints of the syndemic theory, as well as the classical models proposed by foreign scholars, analyzes the common disease synergistic factors with previous research findings, and puts forwards suggestions and countermeasures for general practitioners in China to improve the quality of managing multimorbidity.

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16. Integrated Care Models for Cancer Survivorships: Conceptual Framework, Characteristics and Implications to China
ZHAO Miaomiao, GAO Yuexia, XU Yanfei, ZONG Li, WU Qunhong
Chinese General Practice    2024, 27 (23): 2813-2821.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2023.0803
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Cancer is a significant global public health issue. With the continuous increase in cancer incidence rates and the prolonged survival time of cancer patients, the number of cancer survivors is also steadily rising. Cancer survivors face complex challenges in terms of physical, psychological, and social care, and their care services require effective coordination and integration across disciplines, sectors, and domains. Establishing integrated care model for cancer survivors has become an important strategy for addressing the challenges of survivorship care globally. However, the development of cancer survivorship care in China has been relatively lagging. This article synthesizes and summarizes the conceptual frameworks, characteristics and practical application of several representative integrated care models for survivorships. Based on China's healthcare service system, recommendations for designing and implementing integrated care strategies for cancer survivorships in China are proposed from five aspects: establishing consensus, pilot testing and exploration, workforce development, strengthening primary care, and policy support.

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17. Patterns and Effects of Collaboration between Primary Care Providers and Medical Specialists in the Delivery of Integrated Health Care Services: a Scoping Review
ZHANG Xiaoyi, XU Zhihan, YUAN Beibei, WANG Sheng, LIU Xiao, ZHOU Huilan, LI Zhansheng
Chinese General Practice    2024, 27 (04): 400-407.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2023.0204
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Background

Addressing current health challenges requires the integrated and continuous health care services. The collaboration between primary care providers (PCPs) and medical specialists other than general practice is the most common means of achieving this objective. The patterns and effect of collaborative working between different disciplines has a direct impact on the quality of integrated service delivery, which is critical to improving patient health outcomes.

Objective

To systematically review the characteristics of studies related to collaboration patterns between PCPs and medical specialists, contents of collaboration patterns and effects reported by the authors by using scoping review methods.

Methods

On September 3 in 2022, PubMed, EmBase, Web of Science, CNKI, and Wanfang Data Knowledge Service Platform were searched for literature related to collaboration between PCPs and medical specialists from inception to the date of search. The characteristics of literature, collaboration patterns and effects were extracted. The elemental decomposition of collaboration patterns was performed based on Mulave 'Gearing Up' model and the contents of collaboration patterns were integrated and demonstrated using content analysis method.

Results

A total of 420 relevant papers were included, of which 214 (51.0%) were committed to evaluating the effects of collaboration patterns, but specific contents of collaboration patterns could be extracted from 82 (19.5%) papers. The distinctive characteristics revealed by the extraction of limited information on the details of collaboration patterns included clear and formalized collaboration patterns, evidence-based guidelines/norms support for collaborative service contents, information systems and dedicated coordinators support for the collaboration between PCPs and specialists. Among the 82 papers, a total of 54 (65.9%) papers clearly reported indicators of effect, of which 90.7% (49/54) reported positive impact on service delivery and outcomes, ranging from service provision process, service utilization and health-related outcome indicators, however, higher proportion (90.7%, 49/54) of studies reporting positive effects could not exclude the presence of publication bias.

Conclusion

When collaboration patterns between PCPs and medical specialists other than general practice are implemented in integrated health services, it is necessary to ensure that approaches and contents of collaboration are specified, as well as the focus on the support of information systems and coordinators. Intervention studies related to health system and policy should emphasize describing the details of intervention design and implementation processes. Methodological quality assessment and meta-analysis are necessary to conduct in future studies on this topic.

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18. Non-pharmacological Integrated Interventions in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment: a Single Case Pilot Study
WANG Ying, DONG Zhixiao, YANG Kehu
Chinese General Practice    2024, 27 (03): 315-321.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2023.0395
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Background

Cognitive impairment can lead to a decline in cognitive function, depression, and loneliness, as well as decreased self-efficacy and quality of life in older adults.

Objective

To investigate the effects of non-pharmacological integrated interventions on cognitive function, depression, loneliness, self-efficacy, and quality of life in older adults with mild cognitive impairment.

Methods

Based on risk factors for cognitive impairment, a non-pharmacological integrated intervention program was developed in five dimensions of cognitive training, physical exercise, emotional management, social connection, and healthy lifestyle habits. Using a single-subject A-B-A experimental design, a 3-month intervention, which was conducted once a week for 60 minutes, was performed in three elderly individuals with mild cognitive impairment from June to December 2021. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Geriatric Depression Scale-15 (GDS-15), 12-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12), General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), and De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale (DJGLS) were administered to the 3 older adults at baseline, 3 months of the intervention, and 3 months after the intervention, to assess the scores of each scale from the 5 dimensions of cognitive function, self-efficacy, quality of life, depression, and loneliness, the changes in the scores were analyzed. A semi-structured interview was conducted 3 months after the intervention to evaluate the intervention effects in terms of cognitive function, quality of life, depression, self-efficacy, and loneliness dimensions.

Results

The 3 older adults included in the study were 74, 70, 73 years old, all married, living with their spouses and grandchildren. The three older adults had MoCA scores of 21, 22, and 24 at baseline, 28, 26, and 27 at 3 months of intervention, and 25, 19, and 23 at 3 months after intervention; GSES scores were 25, 30, and 27 at baseline, 29, 29, and 30 at 3 months of intervention, and 28, 31, and 28 at 3 months after intervention. SF-12 scores were 69, 32, and 51 at baseline, 81, 81, and 83 at 3 months of intervention, and 78, 38, and 59 at 3 months after intervention. The GDS-15 scale scores were 4, 8, and 2 at baseline, 2, 6, and 1 at 3 months of intervention, and 1, 8, and 4 at 3 months after intervention. The DJGLS scores were 8, 7, and 8 at baseline, 5, 5, and 4 at 3 months of intervention, and 5, 5, and 7 at 3 months after intervention. Semi-structured interview data indicated improvement in all five dimensions of cognitive function, quality of life, depression, loneliness, and self-efficacy of the subjects.

Conclusion

For older adults with mild cognitive impairment, it is of great significance to perform a non-pharmacological integrated intervention in terms of cognitive training, physical exercise, emotional management, social connection, and healthy lifestyle habits. The MoCA, SF-12, GDS-15, and DJGLS scores of older adults with mild cognitive impairment improved at 3 months of intervention, while the GSES scores improved at 3 months after intervention. GSES scores were not as effective after the intervention. All dimension scores showed a decreasing trend at 3 months after the intervention.

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19. Research Progress of International and Domestic Integrated Health Care of Multimorbidity
LI Chanjiao, HE Anning, HUANG Xianhong, NI Ziling
Chinese General Practice    2024, 27 (02): 184-191.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2023.0502
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With the gradual shift in the disease spectrum, chronic non-communicable diseases (hereafter referred to as "chronic diseases") have become a serious threat to health and economic development in China and globally. Due to various pathogenic factors and a long course of disease, patients with chronic diseases often have a chronic disease accumulation state of individuals suffering from two or more chronic diseases at the same time, referred to as multimorbidity. The problem of multimorbidity is becoming increasingly prominent with a younger trend. The effective integration of fragmented and discontinuous health services, which are disease-centered and treatment-based, is of great significance in addressing this problem. This paper reviewed the current research status and development trends of multimorbidity health service integration at home and abroad, and analyzed the shortcomings of the current researches and practices of integrated health care of multimorbidity. It is proposed that constructing a personalized integrated service model centered on patients with multimorbidity and exploring the quantitative evaluation practice of integrated health care of multimorbidity in the real world are the development direction of future research on multimorbidity integrated services, providing reference for realizing the efficient and sustainable integration mechanism of multimorbidity services among medical institutions in China.

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20. Construction of an Integrated Management Model for Geriatric Comorbidities under Medical Association Based on PDSA Theory
ZHOU Xuan, ZHANG Dan
Chinese General Practice    2024, 27 (02): 192-200.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2023.0374
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The continuous increase in the prevalence of comorbidities has severe challenges to population health management, and the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the development of integrated medical care models to cope with the pressure of health management of patients with comorbidities. In this paper, we constructed an integrated management model for geriatric comorbidities under medical association based on PDSA theory, in order to continuously improve the management ability and effect in the reciprocal cycle of "plan-execute-research-act". The model consists of four key elements, including management team, management process, management tools and management effect. Based on previous intervention research, the model integrates patient-centered care, multidisciplinary team, patient self-management and other intervention methods, and relies on big data technology to establish a decision support platform, thus realizing the whole life cycle health management of patients with comorbidities.

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21. Development of the Coordinated Regional Health Development Assessment System
SHI Xiaoxiao, SHI Jianwei, JIN Hua, ZHANG Qianqian, YU Dehua
Chinese General Practice    2023, 26 (25): 3153-3156.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.0745
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Background

Coordinated regional health development aims to optimize resource allocation by constructing a well-structured and functional regional collaborative system to provide continuous medical services, and to leverage the unique features and strengths of medical centers and community health centers within a region via fully integrating resources and sharing information. However, current available systems for assessing coordinated regional health development mainly focus on outcomes, which are relatively non-diversified and unsystematic, thus further research is required to fill this gap.

Objective

We aimed to construct an evaluation system for coordinated regional health development, to provide scientific evidence for evaluating the coordinated development capacities of regions.

Methods

We collected essential factors related to coordinated regional health development through a literature review and semi-structured interviews, and used them to construct a draft version of the Coordinated Regional Health Development Assessment System (CRHDAS) . Then we selected 19 experts who were familiar with coordinated regional health development (engaging in general medicine, medical education, administrative management, and public health management) from Shanghai to attend two rounds of online combined with offline Delphi questionnaire surveys from December 2020 to March 2021 to determine the weights of the indicators and test the logical consistency of the weights of indicators at each level using Analytic Hierarchy Process. After that, we established the final version of CRHDAS.

Results

The effective response rate and authoritative coefficient were 95.0% and 0.87, respectively, for the first round of survey, and were 100.0% and 0.92, respectively, for the second round of survey. The CRHDAS consists of four first-level indicators (with corresponding weights of 0.387, 0.296, 0.187 and 0.130) , 12 second-level indicators, and 31 third-level indicators. The consistency ratios for the weights of three levels of indicators are <0.100.

Conclusion

The CRHDAS is of high-level scientificity and practicality, which can help identify problems and deficiencies of the collaboration mode between community health centers, providing a theoretical and practical basis for guiding coordinated regional health practice in the future.

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22. How to Synergize the Development of General Practice and Sleep Medicine
HAN Tingting, CUI Xiaochuan, HAN Fang
Chinese General Practice    2023, 26 (20): 2447-2451.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.0482
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General medicine and sleep medicine are two emerging clinical disciplines in China. They have many common things with complementarity in their own developments, and some crossovers in academic development of disciplines and talent training. The China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment has opened up a way for general practitioners to engage in sleep medicine, which may be a basis and a necessity for sound cooperative development of general medicine and sleep medicine. We analyzed the basis and necessity of the cooperative development of general medicine and sleep medicine, introduced relevant experiences of Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Wuxi People's Hospital in the co-construction of general medicine and sleep medicine, and invited relevant experts to discuss the current issues.

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23. Research Progress of Sodium-glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitor in the Treatment of T2DM Complicated with Coronary Heart Disease
Zikang FU, Haiying LI, Ping LI
Chinese General Practice    2022, 25 (12): 1493-1499.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2022.02.024
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Diabetes is an independent risk factor for coronary heart disease, and the two are mutually causal in disease progression. Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor is a new oral medicine for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus, which can play a hypoglycemic effect by blocking the reabsorption of glucose by the renal proximal convoluted tubules and increasing the excretion of urine glucose. A large number of studies have confirmed that in addition to hypoglycemic effects, SGLT2 inhibitors can also benefit in the treatment of coronary heart disease. This article mainly reviews the research progress and mechanism of SGLT2 inhibitors in the treatment of T2DM complicated with coronary heart disease.

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24.

Factors Associated with the Implementation of Integrated Medical-elderly-nursing Servicesa Review Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research

YANG Min, ZHU Xuejiao, ZHANG Chenyue, XING Mengting
Chinese General Practice    2022, 25 (04): 505-509.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2021.00.210
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The problem of health and pension in an aging society is becoming increasingly acute. Under the promotion of Chinese policy of combining medical care with nursing care and the hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system. Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, has pioneered integrated medical-elderly-nursing services to meet the healthcare needs of an aging society. The initial effects of the services have been shown, but there are so many influencing factors associated with the delivery. And the relevant influencing factors are lack of systematic and comprehensive analysis. Therefore, summarizing the factors associated with the implementation of the services and described them in terms of five aspects (intervention characteristics, outer setting, inner setting, characteristics of individuals, process) with the help of Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. The major facilitators to implementing IMSs were as follows: diversified and individualized services, close and long-term cooperation between the healthcare institution delivering IMSs and other institutions in the regional medical consortium, clear determination of the duties of each member in the service team, incentives from hospital or other institutions. The major barriers were: lack of flexibility and ignoring individual characteristics in delivering some services, for example, health management; inadequate levels of diagnosis and treatment; insufficient workers, equipment, and drugs.

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25. A WHO Guide on Integrating Palliative Care and Symptom Relief into Primary Health Care : Key Points and Implications for China 
DONG Lili,LIANG Tao,YANG Haojie
Chinese General Practice    2021, 24 (34): 4319-4323.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2021.00.179
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The WHO has released several palliative care guidelines since 2014,providing important evidence for the implementation of palliative care. In the situation of limited medical resources,increased demand for palliative care,and limited palliative care specialists,community-based palliative care may be an effective model to solve the underuse of palliative care.In 2018,the WHO Department of Service Delivery and Safety,in collaboration with experts from the United States,the United Kingdom and other countries and regions,developed the Integrating Palliative Care and Symptom Relief into Primary Health Care,which is the first guide on how to systematically integrate palliative care into primary health care. This guide consists of eight chapters. We explained the scientific and practical significance of integrating palliative care into primary health care based on Chapter 3,and discussed how to integrate palliative care into primary health care based on Chapters 4,5 and 6,mainly including the allocation of essential medical resources and drug management in the community,core palliative care competencies requirements for primary care providers,as well as the important role of community health workers. In addition,we introduced successful integration cases of some regions and countries in the guide,and put forward suggestions feasible for domestic implementation in accordance with relevant domestic policies and research. The introduction of this guide may provide help for the development of palliative care and further integration of community medical resources in China.
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26. Building a World-class Integrated High-quality Healthcare System with Chinese Features: an Analysis of the Experience of Shenzhen Luohu Hospital Group 
GONG Fangfang,SUN Xizhuo,LI Ya'nan
Chinese General Practice    2021, 24 (19): 2408-2411.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2021.00.178
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Shenzhen,as China's pioneering demonstration zone for reform and opening-up,has been placed with new hope in the new era,namely to build an international first-class integrated high-quality healthcare system. However,there is a lack of relevant standards. After reviewing the integration of healthcare resources worldwide,we selected and detailedly analyzed the performance of Shenzhen Luohu Hospital Group,namely Luohu Model,as a regional representative for the establishment of integrated high-quality healthcare system in China. The group has taken four kinds of actions to implement the task:establishing a compact medical consortium with only one legal representative,promoting the allocation of high-quality healthcare resources to primary care,recasting the delivery of whole life healthcare with priority given to prevention,facilitating the reform of methods of payment from the health insurance based on outcomes. It is hoped that this group's experience could offer insights to the development of a national-level integrated high-quality healthcare system with Chinese characteristics.
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27. Training Needs and Influencing Factors of General Practitioners' Communication Skills under the Synergy of Health Care System and Medical Educational System 
DENG Lili,LIAO Xiaoyang,ZOU Chuan,WU Jia,CHENG Chunyan,ZHAO Qian,WANG Lifei,LUO Xiaolu
Chinese General Practice    2021, 24 (13): 1690-1696.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2021.00.018
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Background The synergy of health care system and medical educational system aims to foster healthcare talents with a priority on general practitioners(GPs),which is a key to improving health care. Communication skills are one of the core competencies that GPs must master. Although China has opened doctor-patient communication training courses for GPs,the training effect is poor. Studies have demonstrated that the demand-oriented training model may quickly meet the clinical needs and significantly improve the quality of teaching. Objective To explore the training needs and influencing factors of GPs under the synergy of health care system and medical educational system. Methods By use of cluster sampling,we selected the community base of West China Hospital-community consortium for standardized training for GPs in October 2018,and invited 104 GPs from all the 12 community health centers in the consortium to participate in a structured questionnaire survey for collecting their demographic characteristics,perceived importance of doctor-patient communication,previous trainings of doctor-patient communication,needs of related trainings and intention to attend such trainings,and perceived influencing factors for doctor-patient communication. Binary logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the influencing factors associated with training needs of communication skills. Results The survey achieved a 100.0% response rate. Among the respondents,95.2%(99/104)believed that doctor-patient communication was important,and 66.3%(69/104)had attended trainings in doctor-patient communication. The top topic that 82.6%(57/69)of participants had been trained was "building a healthy relationship",the bottom was "empathy training" with 29.0%(20/69). All the respondents had the training needs for communication. The top topic that 71.8%(61/85) of participants would like to be trained was "shared decisions making",and the bottom was "history taking" with 16.4%(17/104). Binary logistic regression analysis found that training needs was influenced by gender,age,education level,previous training experience,self-rated communication skills and doctor-patient relationship satisfaction(P<0.05). The commonest barrier to doctor-patient communication was "lack of time and energy due to busy work",followed by "lack of skills to effectively communicate with patients". Conclusion Under the synergy of health care system and medical educational system,the GPs attached great importance to doctor-patient communication,and demonstrated strong training needs and willingness. There are differences between previous training contents and training needs. Continuous and dynamic assessment of training needs is the key to ensuring the quality of such trainings for GPs.
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28. Perception and Evaluation of Integrated Medical and Preventive Services among Primary Care Doctors and Nurses in China 
YU Menggen,ZHAO Xuan,LI Huiwen,YU Yahang,YUAN Beibei,MENG Qingyue
Chinese General Practice    2021, 24 (1): 40-45.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2021.00.038
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Background  The perceptions of integrated medical and preventive services of primary care doctors and nurses,key providers for essential medical and public health services,affects the provision of such services,so it is essential to study their perceptions for formulating and implementing supportive policies of such services. Objective  To investigate primary care doctors and nurses' subjective perceptions and associated factors of integrated medical and preventive services,providing a reference for the development of integrated medical and preventive care system. Methods  From April to October 2019,we conducted a survey using a self-developed questionnaire on perception and evaluation of integrated medical and preventive services with questions presented using a Likert scale among a nationwide sample of primary care doctors and nurses selected by multistage sampling. The survey achieved a response rate of 89.5%(725/810). We used factor analysis to reduce the dimensionality of the 12 variables,extracted and explained the common factors,and calculated factor scores. Results Factors reflecting subjective perceptions of integrated medical and preventive services were summarized as follows:institutional environment support factor,departmental cooperation and interaction factor,and individual professional boundary factor. The cumulative variance explained by them reached 70.43%. By using a 4-point rating system,the factors of institutional environment support,departmental cooperation and interaction,and individual professional boundary were rated (2.97±0.54),(2.81±0.55) and (2.46±0.65) points,respectively,and the comprehensive perceptions of integrated medical and preventive services were rated (2.86±0.53) points. Conclusion  According to the subjective perceptions of integrated medical and preventive services of primary care doctors and nurses,the institutional environment support was not high,inter-departmental cooperation was rare,and professional boundary was strong. To build an integrated health care system and achieve accessible integrated medical and preventive services in primary care,related governmental departments should offer more policy support,the cooperation between multidisciplinary professionals should be strengthened,and the thoughts of medical and preventive services being unconnected in primary care doctors and nurses should be changed.
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29. Primary Care Doctors and Nurses' Behaviors in the Delivery of Integrated Medical and Preventive Services and Its Influencing Factors 
YU Menggen,ZHAO Xuan,LI Huiwen,YU Yahang,YUAN Beibei,MENG Qingyue
Chinese General Practice    2021, 24 (1): 46-51.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2021.00.037
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Background Primary care is an indispensable part of integrated medical and preventive care system that is constructed currently. Primary care doctors and nurses' behaviors in service delivery may directly affect care quality and health status of patients,so identifying the associated factors of these medical workers' behaviors is necessary for the development of appropriate and scientific policies related to such services. Objective To analyze primary care doctors and nurses' behaviors and associated factors in the delivery of integrated medical and preventive services,to provide policy suggestions for the development of such services. Methods From April to October 2019,we carried out a survey among a nationwide multi-stage sample of primary care doctors and nurses using a self-designed questionnaire for investigating their demographics and perception of integrated medical and preventive services,as well as evaluation indicators for behaviors in service delivery.We used two-level linear regression and multiple linear regression models to analyze the influencing factors of their behaviors in service delivery. Results Of the 810 cases attending the survey,624(77.4%) gave responsive answers to questions about self-reported percentage of preventive service delivery time with notable hierarchical structure of answer responses,and 609(75.2%) gave responsive answers to questions about the percentage of regular patients encountered. The mean self-reported percentage of preventive service delivery time was(37.7±23.033)%. And the mean percentage of regular patients encountered was(27.3±24.312)%. Two-level linear regression analysis showed that the influencing factors for self-reported percentage of preventive service delivery time included whether being a family physician team member,cooperation and interaction,and understanding of professional boundary(P<0.05). Factors influencing self-reported percentage of regular patients encountered obtained by multiple linear regression analysis included demographic information,whether being a family physician team member,cooperation and interaction,and years of working in the institution(P<0.05). Conclusion To improve the delivery of sustainable and coordinated integrated medical and preventive services,efforts should be made to promote the development of family physician teams and contracted services,determine the roles of each member,strengthen inter-departmental and multidisciplinary cooperation,and change the rigid thinking of medical and preventive services being unconnected.
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30. Environmental Support for the Delivery of Integrated Medical and Preventive Services in Primary Healthcare Institutions 
YU Yahang,ZHAO Xuan,LI Huiwen,YU Menggen,YUAN Beibei,MENG Qingyue
Chinese General Practice    2021, 24 (1): 52-59.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2021.00.039
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Background In China,primary healthcare institutions provide healthcare services at the primary level,whose competence development for delivering integrated medical and preventive services associates with the end-results of constructing an integrated healthcare system. Objective To evaluate the supporting level and potential influence of current operational mechanism and institutional arrangement in primary healthcare institutions on their delivery of integrated medical and preventive services based on a functional framework of health system,to provide a basis for promoting the development of integrated medical and preventive services. Methods This was a mixed-methods study with a quantitative analysis of two questionnaire surveys supplemented with a qualitative analysis of interviews with a subset of respondents for improving logic analysis. From April to October 2019,by use of multistage sampling,75 primary healthcare institutions were selected from eastern,central and western China,from which,75 administrators were extracted(one from each institution) to receive a questionnaire survey on the institution's general information,human resource management,revenue and expenditure structure,provision and utilization of health services,delivery pattern of family doctor services,prevention and management of diabetes,and parameters of integrated medical and preventive services,and 1 435 medical workers were extracted to receive a questionnaire survey on their demographics,and their perspectives of practice behaviors of the contracted family doctor,provision and understanding of integrated medical and preventive services,with slight differences in questions by types of positions. 189 cases,a subset of the respondents(including 75 administrators and 114 medical workers) were selected to attend semi-structured interviews regarding perceptions of current implementation of the integrated medical and preventive services,self-assessed professional abilities,changes in practice behaviors of the professionals delivering the integrated services,as well as the role of a family doctor team in delivering such services. Results Questionnaire survey among the administrators revealed that in 2018,the average surplus of public health funds accounted for 13.77% of the average total revenue of institutions,which was lower than the ratio of average surplus of medical insurance funds(31.14%). 90.54%(67/74)of the institutions provided integrated diabetes care and prevention with family doctor teams as the main force,and with acceptable number of general practitioners,time for health education as well as proportion of regular patients. Moreover,electronic file sharing and connection of diabetes information platform with large electronic system were achieved in 63.01%(46/73),and 52.70%(39/74) of the institutions,respectively. 89.83%(53/59) of the administrators approved that medical performance parameters influenced the income of healthcare professionals most. Questionnaire survey among the medical workers showed that,41.75%(567/1 358)of the respondents believed that their self-evaluated professional abilities might be limited due to their own positions,58.54%(795/1 358)still held the view that clinical care did better on improving health than preventive services,and 53.57%(721/1 346)thought that the delivery of preventive services would not affect their income. These respondents' views demonstrated that intra-institution communication and cooperation were slightly better than inter-institution communication and cooperation,and the incentive system for the delivery of such integrated services should be further improved. Interview results indicated that the revenue composition of both primary care institutions and primary healthcare workers depended on the effectiveness of chronic disease management by a medical team or a family doctor team,the development degree of information system,and the effect of driving force of capacities of providing medical services on the capacities of providing public health services. Conclusion The support of multiple levels of the operation mechanism on the delivery of integrated medical and preventive services in primary care showed an increasing trend,but the funding structure,incentive system,views of such integrated services and informatization construction needed further improvement. Furthermore,a region with strong medical service delivery capacity was also found to have good environmental support for the delivery of integrated medical and preventive services. In view of this,the reform of healthcare system at all levels is suggested to be used as an aid for the targeted promotion of the environmental support construction for the delivery of integrated medical and preventive services in primary care.
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31. Enlightenment of the Typical Models of Integrated Delivery System Abroad to the Development of Integrated Health Management System in China
XIONG Mei,WU Jia,LIU Lixia,LIAO Xiaoyang,ZHAO Qian
Chinese General Practice    2020, 23 (22): 2741-2748.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2020.00.344
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Against the backdrop of aging society,changing disease spectrum and furthering the implementation of Healthy China 2030 strategic blueprint measures,China has ushered in a new era of healthy China construction,during which transforming a regional medical consortium into an integrated health management system(IHMS) via upgrading,and the development of IHMS tend to be inevitable. We analyzed the typical models of integrated delivery system abroad at the micro,meso and macro levels with foci on the historical background,specific measures and achievements,and summarized the successful experience. And based on this,we put forward the following recommendations for addressing the challenges faced by the healthcare system and for improving the development of IHMS in China:integrating health-related factors as many as possible to benefit the whole population through the whole life;strengthening the healthcare talent system development with great emphasis on fostering primary care workers;giving priority to the healthcare needs of key population groups and developing interdisciplinary teams;forming high-efficient healthcare delivery modes;enhancing the informatization construction;developing rational and effective incentive mechanisms.
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32. An Inquiry Model of General Practice Based on Integrative Medicine Method 
WANG Jian-qiang
Chinese General Practice    2018, 21 (23): 2876-2877.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2018.00.084
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Undifferentiated diseases and sub-health problems are the major parts in general practice outpatient clinics,which cannot be handled satisfactorily by only focusing on physical diseases.This paper aims to build an inquiry model of general practice by integrating reasons for visit(main symptoms),life history,purposes of visit and other relative factors,in order to enrich the contents of holistic care and lay a good foundation of selecting targeted treatment plans and improving health conditions and satisfaction of patients in the long term.
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33. Development Status and Prospect of General Practice and Integrative Medicine 
YING Mei-ke,HAN Ting-ting,WANG Yong-chen,REN Jing-jing
Chinese General Practice    2018, 21 (23): 2895-2898.   DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2018.00.022
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Both general practice and integrative medicine focus on offering patient-centered optimized care based on the organic integration of a variety of sources available.However,the former is community and family oriented,integrating clinical medicine,preventive medicine,rehabilitation medicine and humanities and social sciences,and the latter is rooted in caring for the whole person,integrating the advanced theories and experiences of practice in various medical fields.This paper begins by introducing the history of general practice and integrative medicine,then expounds the service concept and scope,analyzes the present situation of clinic practice and teaching of the two.Furthermore,the prospect of the two disciplines is discussed.
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34. 以健康促进为核心的德国健康金齐格塔尔整合医疗介绍
罗秀
Chinese General Practice    2017, 20 (19): 2306-2310.   DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1007-9572.2017.19.003
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为应对人口老龄化与疾病谱变化给传统卫生服务体系带来的巨大挑战,德国进行了一系列的卫生服务改革。“健康金齐格塔尔整合医疗”以健康促进为核心,通过形式多样的疾病管理项目和服务网络构建,创新金融方式,整合医疗服务提供方和医疗保险机构,有效地实现了促进人群健康、降低人群慢性病发病率、控制卫生成本的目标。本文在介绍德国健康金齐格塔尔整合医疗项目的基础上,也分析了该项目为我国实现健康中国目标带来的有益参考和启示,即健全慢性病综合防治机制、重视健康促进、改革卫生服务供给侧、建立科学评价体系。
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35. 以人为本的整合型卫生服务在荷兰的实践及其对我国的启示
罗秀1,王轶2*
Chinese General Practice    2017, 20 (13): 1534-1538.   DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1007-9572.2017.13.002
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人口老龄化和慢性非传染性疾病负担给我国卫生体系带来巨大压力。构建以人为本的整合型卫生服务(PCIHC)是减少卫生服务体系碎片化、提高医疗服务质量的有效途径。本文在阐述PCIHC内涵的基础上,以荷兰糖尿病服务项目为例,介绍了整合型卫生服务在慢性病管理中的实践。并提出我国的PCIHC构建路径,即基层首诊与双向转诊制度、构建多学科团队、统一临床路径及加快支付方式改革。
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