ABSTRACT
Objective: The study aimed to explore the initial effect of the Luohu Healthcare Group Reform in Shenzhen based on the employee’s perspective. Methods: The questionnaire survey was conducted to investigate the views of employees in 3 hospitals and 23 community health centers in Luohu district. Results: A total of 480 ques-tionnaires were distributed and only 412 valid questionnaires were collected and analyzed. The valid response rate was 85. 83% . 37. 21% of doctors responded that they had motive power to work in community health centers; 75. 38 per-cent of employees stated that their healthcare organization changed a lot; Employees’average work satisfaction scores, interpersonal relationship and healthcare organization development were all above 4. 20, and the consistency of em-ployee evaluation was high. Conclusions: Most of the surveyed employees evaluated the initial stage of the Luohu health reform positively. Since the hospital group started to operate two years ago, the development of the affiliated health facilities has been on an upward trend. The formation of vertical alliance within the hospital group has e-merged; and physicians of secondary and higher-grade hospitals have had increasing willingness of working at the community health centers, especially in the departments of internal medicine and traditional Chinese medicine. The hospital group has been guiding all affiliated facilities to develop its unique signature specialty so that facilities can col-laborate with each other and evolve as a whole. Group employees have expectations that the hospital group will coordi-nate and incorporate interests of all stakeholders, fulfill the commitments, and develop a better future for the group.