Disease Development Trends for Maternal and Child Health Care in Shenzhen, China

Abstract

Shenzhen in China has undergone rapid economic development over the years. The purpose of this study was to investigate disease development trends among women and children inpatients in Shenzhen. A maternal and child health care hospital in Futian District was chosen for this retrospective study. The data were collected from 55 246 inpatients' information from 2003 to 2012 and were classified into gynecological and pediatric diseases. Descriptive analysis was conducted with Microsoft Excel 2007. The results showed that the number of inpatients had increased year by year, and the constituents of disease had been substantially changed in the study period. More interventions and large-scale studies are needed to improve maternal and child health care in Shenzhen.

Public Health Research in China

“…There are 4 articles in this theme. The article by Ren and colleagues 5 investigated 9 years of disease development among inpatients of women and children in Shenzhen. This study is of special significance, because Shenzhen is China’s first economic zone, which has achieved for years rapid economic prosperity.…”