Objective To analyze the clarity of responsibilities for all parties in public health emergency (PHE) response and the relationship between the clarity and the response efficacy in Liaoning and Jilin province for providing references for the improvement in public health organization system construction.
Methods We searched literatures and documents referring to responsibility assignment for all parties in PHE response published by government agencies and professional institutions in the two provinces from 2000 through 2017 via public websites, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang Data and Web of Science. Cluster analysis and qualitative and quantitative methods were used to evaluate the clarity of the responsibility assignment for all parties of the two provinces. Spearman correlation and linear regression were used to analyze the relationship between the clarity and response efficacy.
Results For the administration in Liaoning and Jilin province, the index for the clarity of the responsibilities assignment increased gradually from zero in 2000 to 20.60% and 21.95% in 2017; the index for response efficacy also gradually increased from 40.00% and zero to 53.33% and 60.00%, respectively. Significantly positive correlation between the clarity and the response efficacy was observed in Liaoning and Jilin province, with the correlation coefficients of 0.496 and 0.605, respectively (both P < 0.05).
Conclusion The clarity of responsibilities for all parties in public health emergency response and the response efficacy have been improved in Liaoning and Jilin province since 2000, indicating an improvement in the construction of public health organization system of the two regions.
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