Analysis of Family Economic Burden and Influencing Factors in Children with Congenital Heart Disease / 中国卫生经济

Objective:To analyze the current situation and influencing factors of family economic burden in children with congeni-tal heart disease,and provide reference basis for relevant departments.Methods:Conduct a questionnaire survey on the parents of children with congenital heart disease,and use a multiple linear regression model to analyze the factors affecting the economic bur-den of the disease.Results:The median total economic burden of families with congenital heart disease is 44 140 yuan,which is higher than the average level of per capita disposable income among residents of Xinjiang from 2020-2022.The median direct non-medical economic burden is 2 700 yuan,and the median indirect economic burden is 2 890 yuan.The length of hospital stay and monthly household income are important factors affecting the total economic burden.Conclusion:The total economic burden of families with congenital heart disease is higher than the per capita disposable income.The more complex the condition,the longer the days of hospitalization and the longer the time lost from work,resulting in a higher overall financial burden.

Exploration on the emergency support mode of hospital medical supplies against COVID-19 / 中华医院管理杂志

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the hospital is faced with such challenges as sustained input in patient screening, referral and rescue, supportive medical supplies including the management of personal protective supplies and the maintenance of medical equipment. In the face of increasing workload, the medical materials support team of the hospital took the following measures in the principles of " discovering new sources of supplies and minimizing consumption" . These measures taken include proactive supply procurement strategy, prioritizing allocations based on risk exposure, uniform distribution of supplies based on inventory and usage, and traceable management for donated supplies; optimal and central deployment of equipments, emergency installation, pre-maintenance and emergency repairs for equipments; efficient and safe sterilization of reusable materials and equipments using sterilizers; enhanced personnel training and management to keep updating the medical supplies capacity of the team. All these efforts have contributed significantly to the orderly work of epidemic control.