Investigation of Rehabilitation Professionals in Hospitals above Grade 2A in Jiangsu / 中国康复理论与实践

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the number, structure and demand of rehabilitation professionals hospitals above grade 2A in Jiang-su. Methods 176 hospitals above grade 2A in Jiangsu were investigated with questionnaire in the topics of general condition of department of rehabilitation medicine, structure of rehabilitation professionals and demand of rehabilitation professional. Results 64%of the hospitals has established department of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation professionals, such as the rehabilitation physician, therapists, nurses and engi-neer were in a total of 1657, and 231 professionals were needed further. Conclusion There are problems of lack of the department of rehabil-itation medicine and rehabilitation professional, with the imbalance structure of professional in hospitals above grade 2A in Jiangsu.