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Objective:To analyze the efficiency of medical resource utilization in public traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) hospitals in Gansu province from 2016 to 2020, so as to provide decision-making reference.Methods:The number of in-service staff, actual number of open beds, number of diagnosis and treatment, and number of discharge from TCM hospitals in Gansu province from 2016 to 2020 were extracted, and their technical efficiency, pure technical efficiency, scale efficiency, and returns to scale were analyzed by data envelopment analysis.Results:From 2016 to 2020, the average technical efficiency, pure technical efficiency, and scale efficiency of the sample hospitals were 0.647, 0.680, and 0.952, respectively. Among them, 213 hospitals (48.2%) were in a decreasing state of returns to scale, 54 hospitals (12.2%) were in a constant state of returns to scale, and 175 hospitals (39.6%) were in an increasing state of returns to scale; Out of the 45 tertiary hospitals, 42 (93.3%) were in the stage of diminishing returns to scale, while 226 (56.9%) of 397 secondary and lower hospitals were in a state of constant or increasing returns to scale.Conclusions:The utilization efficiency of medical resources in public TCM hospitals in Gansu province is relatively low, and there is a significant gap between different levels of TCM hospitals.
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Objective:To analyze the staff salary status and the influencing factors in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) hospitals implementing the salary system reform in Sichuan province in 2020, for reference in optimizing the salary system reform of such hospitals.Methods:Cluster sampling and institutional survey were used to collect the salary information of 26 TCM hospitals in 21 cities(prefectures)of Sichuan province implementing the salary system reform in 2020. Such information was then subject to descriptive analysis, while the influencing factors of salary were subject to one-way analysis of variance and generalized linear model multifactor analysis.Results:15 428 staff from 26 TCM hospitals were included as the research objects. In 2020, personnel expenditure accounted for 40.23% of the total expenditure, and 24.34% of which came from financial subsidy in 26 TCM hospitals. The average annual payable income per person was(149 312±74 288)yuan, 67.82% of which being performance pay. Analysis of variance showed that there were significant differences among the salary levels of staff in different economic regions, hospital grades, hospital levels, gender, educational background, position, seniority, performance pay ratio, employment in the government system and other natures, senior and other professional titles, doctors and other positions( P<0.05), and the differences were still statistically significant after adjustment by generalized linear model( P<0.05). Conclusions:The reform of the salary system of Sichuan TCM Hospitals has basically achieved equal pay for equal work, and the income of low-level personnel has been improved. However, the salary level was not very motivated and the salary structure was not guaranteed. It is necessary to strengthen financial precision subsidies, increase the proportion of personnel expenditure, so as to support the increase of the absolute value of salary in non-core economic areas, improve the salary structure, reasonably widen the salary gap among different educational backgrounds and positions, further optimize internal distribution, and ensure the sustainable development of Chinese medicine talents.