Community-based rehabilitation service in Chengdu, Southwest China: a cross-sectional general survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

World Health Organization initiated community-based rehabilitation (CBR) in 1978, and by now, it has been an essential process of medical services worldwide. China had strengthened primary health care on building more than 35,000 community health centers (CHCs) in cities, and more than 34,000 township health centers (THCs) in the rural area. Nevertheless, it remains unclear that if these primary health centers could provide optional rehabilitation services for disabilities. And this study aims at evaluating the supply capacity of rehabilitation service in primary health centers of Chengdu, a regional center city of southwest China.

Method

We conducted a general investigation of primary health centers in Chengdu, a city located in southwest China with more than 15

SUBMITTER: Chen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7346348 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature