Evaluation of Public Health Emergency Management in China: A Systematic Review

Wang, Jia; Yuan, Beibei; Li, Zhengmao; Wang, Zhifeng

All 61 studies (included) were cross-sectional studies with 36 studies from East China (59%), 12 from Central China (19.7%), and 13 from West China (21.3%). In terms of research literature types, 38 studies (62.3%) were journal type documents, and 23 studies (37.7%) were dissertation type documents [seven doctoral theses (30.4%) and 16 masters' theses (69.6%)]. In the research field, there were 39 studies on health emergency response capability (63.9%), one health emergency manpower resource allocation efficiency evaluation study (1.6%- [2] ), one vulnerability public health event vulnerability evaluation study (1.6%- [3] ), three drill evaluation studies (4.9%- [4] [5] [6] ), four comprehensive treatment evaluation studies (6.6%- [7] [8] [9] [10] ), three plan evaluation studies (4.9%- [11] [12] [13] ), one quality of management teaching case evaluation study (1.6%- [14] ), two related department setting and system construction evaluation studies (3.2%- [15, 16] ), two monitoring and early warning evaluation studies (3.2%- [17, 18] ), one epidemiological characteristics and normative disposal of third-party evaluation study (1.6%- [19] ), one social vulnerability assessment study (1.6%- [20] ), one emergency performance appraisal and evaluation study (1.6%- [21] ), one social mobilization mechanism study (1.6%- [22] ), one quality evaluation of network direct report (1.6%- [23] ), and one responders' competency evaluation study (1.6%- [24] ). The representative research of China's health emergency assessment system is mainly distributed in the eastern part of China. The most common type of publication is papers in academic journals, and the main type of research is on health emergency response ability. The research design is primarily cross-sectional. According to the classification of health emergency management, subjects most frequently include research on health emergency management evaluation of health administrative departments, disease prevention and control institutions, medical and health institutions, health supervision institutes, schools, military, and ports.