The survey of community residents' medical demand in Peitou district, Taipei

Purposes: To avoid replicated wasting the medical utilization, it is necessary to formulate the suit local medical services. This study was to estimate the community residents’ medical demand in Peitou district, Taipei.

Methods: Estimated the community residents’ medical demand and issues about the patient’s behavior from health care providers, social welfare, and the public need. The analysis were included the 2005’ medical departments data of Cheng Hsin Rehabilitation Medical Center from health care providers, the medical services of teenagers, women and elders from social welfare visiting, the subjective important health problems and medical demand from the convenience sampling and questionnaire survey for the community residents’ in Peitou district. Results: Compared to other districts in Taipei, there is the better medical utilization in Peitou district. For health care providers, the Cheng Hsin Rehabilitation Medical Center provide the community medical services including cardiac health, chronic healthcare, cure and rehabilitation of psychiatric patient. For medical demand, estimated actually patient’s need by visiting method with constructional questionnaires. 1,752 copies of questionnaires were issued from community residents’, with 54 copies not completely filled in, 1,698 copies were useful. According to qualitative interview and quantitative analysis, we found the community residents’ expect to obtain more life health lectures, health examinations, nutrition consults, medical services, drug consults, and free diagnosis. Additionally, it was also necessary to develop the community site service of Psychiatry and Rehabilitation.

Conclusions: Community integrated health care model will be a direction for providing the best quality holistic healthcare of the community in Peitou district.