Psychometric Evaluation of the Chinese Version of the Mental Health System Responsiveness Questionnaire for Psychiatric Outpatients: Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory Approaches.

Background: The Health System Responsiveness Questionnaire has been an important tool for evaluating the quality of health services from non-clinical perspectives. However, there is a lack of reliable and valid tools to assess the responsiveness of the mental health system in China, despite the increasing attention to the quality of mental health services.

Purpose: This study aimed to adapt a Chinese version of the Mental Health System Responsiveness Questionnaire based on the WHO Health System Responsiveness Questionnaire and assess its psychometric properties among psychiatric outpatients.

A serological survey of COVID-19 among predominantly aboriginal residents of a tourist island in southern Thailand.

Background: The current survey describes the seroprevalence, history of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and vaccination status among predominantly aboriginal residents on a tourist island in southern Thailand. This information can be translated into COVID-19 vaccination and control plans for this population.

Methods: We implemented questionnaire interviews and collected blood samples from 249 residents of Lipe Island, Satun Province, in January 2022.

The Risk Factors for Chinese Medical Economic Burden of Aging: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on Guangdong Province.

Background: The proportion of aging in China is increasing, which needs more healthcare recourses. To analyze the risk factors of the direct medical economic burden of aging in China and provide the strategies to control the cost of treatment, the information was collected based on Guangdong Province's regular health expenditure accounting data collection plan.

Methods: The multiple linear regression models were used to explore the risk factors of inpatient expenses of the elderly in Guangdong province.

Cluster analysis of differences in medical economic burden among residents of different economic levels in Guangdong Province, China.

Background: This study compares and analyzes the differences of residents' medical economic burden in different economic levels, explores the factors for improving the equity of health services in Guangdong, China.

Methods: Cluster analysis was carried out in 20 cities of Guangdong Province by taking 7 key factors on the equity of health services as indicators. Seven key factors were collected from Guangdong Statistical Yearbook 2017 and the Sixth National Population Census.

Healthcare-seeking behavior among pregnant women in the Chinese hierarchical medical system: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Hierarchical medical systems are common in developed countries, but it's not optimistic in China. This study aimed to identify the factors affecting healthcare-seeking behavior among pregnant women in Guangdong, China.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional, observational survey, developed using the Andersen's behavioral model.