Citation

Chen MS, Tan HZ, Yang TB, Zhou J, Li SQ, Liu AZ. Zhong Nan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban 2008; 33(1): 21-25.

Affiliation

Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics,School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410078,China.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Zhong Nan Da Xue Xue Bao)

DOI

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PMID

18245899

Abstract

Objective: To explore the effect of health service and its influential factors in flood disaster areas. Methods: Fifty-five towns were sampled randomly from Dongting Lake area suffering from flood in 1998. The health service level, effect, and its influence factors were investigated retrospectively. Results: The incidence rate of notifiable infectious diseases was 1.17%, prevalence rate of chronic disease was 5.12%, infant mortality rate was 4.31%, neonatal mortality rate was 1.02%, and the total mortality rate was 554.3/100 000 in Dongting Lake area. The health investment level was significantly associated with the incidence rate of notifiable infectious diseases, the infant mortality rate, and total mortality rate. Duration of flood and income per capita were important factors for the effect of health investment. Conclusion: Increasing health investment and residents' income in the flood disaster area, shorenting the duration of flood would play positive role in residents' health in the flood disaster area.

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