Construction of On-site Evaluation Index System for Integration of Medical and Preventive Services for Chronic Diseases in Primary Health Care Institutions

Background Currently, scholars in China are exploring chronic disease management models based on treatment-prevention integration, however, the quantitative evaluation researches are scarce and in the initial stage, lacking in relevance and timeliness. Objective To construct the on-site evaluation index system for integration of medical and preventive services for chronic diseases in primary health care institutions and provide a reference for the quality improvement of integration of medical and preventive services. Methods The on-site evaluation index system for integration of medical and preventive services for chronic diseases in primary health care institutions was initially constructed by literature review, policy induction and expert interview. From June to August 2022, two rounds of expert consultation with 17 experts were conducted using the Delphi method, the index system was determined according to the results of expert consultation, and the weight of each index was calculated by using the analytic hierarchy process. Results The on-site evaluation index system for integration of medical and preventive services for chronic diseases in primary health care institutions was initially constructed consisting of 5 primary indexes, 12 secondary indexes and 37 tertiary indexes. The effective questionnaire recovery rate of the two rounds of expert consultation was 100.0% with the expert authority coefficient of 0.81; the Kendall coordination coefficients of the importance of the three levels of indexes were 0.239 (χ2=8.76, P