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Table 3 Percentage workload undertaken by village doctors in different provinces (2016), NEPHSP

From: Model to assess workload of village doctors in the National Essential Public Health Services Program in six provinces of China

Types of essential public health services

Province1

Province2

Province3

Province4

Province5

Province6

Health records management service

26.6

48.1

34.9

78.0

52.6

49.4

Health education

35.3

45.6

28.0

59.6

47.2

64.2

Immunizations

34.4

23.1

21.6

26.6

27.8

33.5

Health services for children aged 0 to 6 years

27.6

28.9

37.5

30.2

30.9

30.0

Maternal health services

29.7

34.2

37.9

27.6

24.1

36.1

Elderly people’s health services

44.5

42.8

32.1

48.0

46.3

39.9

Health services for patients with hypertension

53.4

64.2

60.5

59.0

55.3

49.8

Health services for patients with type II diabetes

48.1

55.0

57.2

53.1

55.6

62.0

Health services for patients with severe mental illness

55.8

46.5

51.3

48.1

53.8

54.6

Reporting and management of infectious diseases and public health emergencies

17.9

18.8

14.3

18.6

22.6

13.2

Health management with Chinese medicine

40.0

34.0

39.3

36.7

41.5

38.6

Health supervision assistance services

19.1

41.6

21.3

17.8

18.6

41.0

Total

35.5

45.5

28.5

59.2

47.1

63.4

  1. Abbreviations: NEPHSP National Essential Public Health Services program