Investigation of human resources status at private hospitals in Sichuan province / 中华医院管理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To learn the present situation and bottlenecks of human resources at private hospitals in Sichuan province.Methods Questionnaires,discussions and in-depth interviews were used to learn human resources of 35 private hospitals in the province.Results The findings indicate significant differences among doctors at such hospitals,most of whom age 30-40 years old(45.13％) ; technical titles of the medical workers are low in general,as only 20.08％ of them have vice-senior titles or above; employees are dissatisfied with the remuneration,training setup and culture of their hospitals.Conclusion Private hospitals must enhance training of professionalism,raise payment,improve training setup,and create a positive hospital culture if they want sustained development.In the meantime,hospital regulators should enhance supervision and provide supportive policies.