Focus on vulnerable populations and promoting equity in health service utilization ––an analysis of visitor characteristics and service utilization of the Chinese community health service

Background Community health service in China is designed to provide a convenient and affordable primary health service for the city residents, and to promote health equity. Based on data from a large national study of 35 cities across China, we examined the characteristics of the patients and the utilization of community health institutions (CHIs), and assessed the role of community health service in promoting equity in health service utilization for community residents. Methods Multistage sampling method was applied to select 35 cities in China. Four CHIs were randomly chosen in every district of the 35 cities. A total of 88,482 visitors to the selected CHIs were investigated by using intercept survey method at the exit of the CHIs in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. Descriptive analyses were used to analyze the main characteristics (gender, age, and income) of the CHI visitors, and the results were compared with that from the National Health Services Survey (NHSS, including CHIs and higher levels of hospitals). We also analyzed the service utilization and the satisfactions of the CHI visitors. Results The proportions of the children (2.4%) and the elderly (about 22.7%) were lower in our survey than those in NHSS (9.8% and 38.8% respectively). The proportion of the low-income group (26.4%) was apparently higher than that in NHSS (12.5%). The children group had the lowest satisfaction with the CHIs than other age groups. The satisfaction of the low-income visitors was slightly higher than that of the higher-income visitors. The utilization rate of public health services was low in CHIs. Conclusions The CHIs in China appears to fulfill the public health target of uptake by vulnerable populations, and may play an important role in promoting equity in health service utilization. However, services for children and the elderly should be strengthened

Razão e sensibilidade no ensino de administração: a literatura como recurso estético Sense and sensibility in management teaching: literature as an aesthetic resource

Este artigo problematiza o uso da literatura como recurso estético durante o processo de ensino da administração, com base em uma análise multidisciplinar dos trabalhos acadêmicos publicados, com a finalidade de: refletir sobre literatura e o papel da ficção no ensino, articulando a literatura com a existência humana; abordar a pesquisa em organizações e o uso de gêneros e estilos literários na produção do conhecimento; e discutir sobre os usos dos textos literários em ensino, pelo relato e discussão de práticas que utilizam a literatura. Tem especial destaque a dimensão estratégica da atividade de ensino que usa a literatura como recurso estético. A conclusão é de que o texto literário é um poderoso recurso de aprendizagem, pois tem como matéria-prima a palavra, o discurso, que é a essência da administração. E, também, que a integração entre administração e literatura pode ser uma estratégia fecunda, favorecendo criatividade e descoberta, pois possibilita o desenvolvimento de capacitações para sentir e conhecer.<br>The goal of this article is to challenge the use of literature as an aesthetic resource in management teaching-learning. The research is based on a multidisciplinary literature review in order to: think about fiction and its role in teaching, articulating fiction with human existence; explore organizational research and the use of literary genres and styles in knowledge production, and discuss about the use of literary texts in teaching through the presentation and discussion of practices using and capitalizing on fiction. Special attention is given to the strategic dimension of teaching activity that uses fiction as an aesthetic resource. The research's conclusion suggests that literary text is a powerful learning resource because it has as primary source accounts and discourse, these being the essence of management. Another conclusion is that the relationship between management and literature translates into a rich strategy, encouraging creativity and discovery as it allows the development of capabilities to feel and to know