Why do you want a physical examination?

People's health awareness is increasing day by day, the physical examination industry is booming, and various physical examination centers have mushroomed in cities. However, although the number of physical examinations in China has increased year by year, there is still a big gap compared with the coverage rate of nearly 90% in some developed countries. The reporter's investigation found that most people's physical examinations are organized by schools and units, and few people take the initiative to have regular physical examinations. Experts said that regular physical examination of residents is not only conducive to personal disease prevention, but also reflects the development level of national medical and health undertakings, which urgently needs people's attention.

"The low level of residents' health literacy has restricted people's health behavior of implementing physical examination in action. Many people are still in the stage of getting sick and seeking medical treatment, lacking the knowledge and concept of disease prevention and health management. " Chen Zongtao said. The latest "20 17 China residents' health literacy monitoring results" shows that the health literacy level of China residents is only 14. 18%, and the overall level is still low.

A few days ago, Life Times launched a survey on the reasons for not having a medical examination on the WeChat platform. The results show that among the 987 participants who basically have no physical examination/regular physical examination, 22% think it is too troublesome and time-consuming, 22% think it is too expensive to spend money, followed by "unable to find a good physical examination institution" and "afraid to have a physical examination". Chen Zongtao said that most of the above reasons are subjective, and the key is that people are not aware of disease prevention and are unwilling to pay attention to physical examination. In particular, the reason of "afraid of finding out the disease and not dare to have a physical examination" is a typical taboo. If you really get a serious illness, you can't avoid not having a physical examination. It will delay the best treatment opportunity.

Physical examination lacks policy and financial support. In recent years, there have been elderly people aged 65 and over in the country; Patients aged 35 and above with essential hypertension and type 2 diabetes; Patients with severe mental disorders; The physical examination of pregnant women, children under 6 years old and other key groups provides some public health support, but most people still need physical examination at their own expense. At present, the general physical examination expenses (including basic physical examination, blood, urine, stool test, chest X-ray, electrocardiogram, etc.). ) in the first-tier cities, the physical examination center of the top three hospitals is between 1500 ~ 3000 yuan, and the price of private physical examination institutions is high or low.

Personal physical examination in China was not included in medical insurance, and it was handed over to personal consumption choices to a certain extent. Under the premise of the current low level of national health literacy, some people