Table 4.
Attitude of primary doctors to the use of communicable disease reporting system in Taiwan (N = 1093).
| Questions | Total subjects (n = 1093) | Among subjects with diagnosis experiences of reportable diseases (n = 406) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Numbers (%) of the agreed | Numbers (%) of the agreed among subjects who did report (n = 340) | Numbers (%) of the agreed among subjects who did not report (n = 66) | p value* | |
| a. How do you feel about the system in general? | 0.00 | |||
| Convenient | 735 (67.2) | 264 (77.6) | 30 (45.5) | |
| Inconvenient | 239 (21.9) | 71 (20.9) | 24 (36.4) | |
| Not familiar with the system | 119 (10.9) | 5 (1.5) | 12 (18.2) | |
| b. Which is your preferred government agency you would like to report to? | 0.09 | |||
| Center of Disease Control, National level | 230 (21.0) | 67 (19.5) | 20 (30.3) | |
| Local Health Department, City or County level | 602 (55.1) | 199 (58.7) | 29 (43.9) | |
| No preference | 251 (23.0) | 70 (20.7) | 17 (25.8) | |
| Others | 10 (0.9) | 4 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) | |
| c. If you can choose, what is the reporting method that you would like to use the most? | ||||
| Reporting through telephone, operator | 623 (57.0) | 192 (56.5) | 34 (51.5) | 0.46 |
| Reporting through fax | 479 (43.8) | 196 (57.5) | 26 (39.4) | 0.01 |
| Reporting through internet | 460 (42.1) | 142 (41.8) | 34 (51.5) | 0.14 |
| Combining reporting with claims for reimbursement to NHI | 193 (17.7) | 56 (16.5) | 11 (16.7) | 0.97 |
| Reporting through telephone, machinery message | 152 (13.9) | 54 (15.9) | 11 (16.7) | 0.87 |
| Others | 17 (1.6) | 9 (2.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0.18 |
| d. What kind of measures will increase your willingness to report? | ||||
| Simplified reporting procedure | 805 (73.7) | 257 (75.6) | 43 (65.2) | 0.08 |
| Feedback of disease epidemic information from government through fax or telephone | 461 (42.2) | 163 (47.9) | 22 (33.3) | 0.03 |
| Increased insurance reimbursement by reporting | 270 (24.7) | 88 (25.9) | 21 (31.8) | 0.32 |
| Commendation by Ministry of Health | 110 (10.1) | 39 (11.5) | 10 (15.2) | 0.40 |
| Others | 20 (1.8) | 9 (2.7) | 3 (4.5) | 0.41 |
*x2 test between reporting and non-reporting doctors.