Study on rural doctors′ subjective social status quo from the perspective of status-seeking / 中华医院管理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:Based on the perspective of status-seeking, to clarify the status quo of rural doctors′ subjective social status, and put forward countermeasures and suggestions to improve the subjective social status of rural doctors.Methods:By investigating 1 395 rural doctors in both 2015 and 2017 to clarify the status quo of rural doctors′ subjective social status through descriptive analysis, we compared the subjective social status of rural doctors with different characteristics by using differential analysis.Results:The overall subjective social status scoring of rural doctors was 3.17±0.48, including decision participation scoring(3.30±0.82), income scoring(2.19±0.80), social relationship scoring(4.05±0.61), career reputation scoring(3.09±0.84), career promotion scoring(2.38±0.67), and career value scoring(4.04±0.63). Rural doctors with middle or above academic titles, high-performance levels, as well as those comparable to doctors in township hospitals and self-employed clinics were found with higher subjective social status.Conclusions:Rural doctors held their subjective social status to be at an intermediate level, with higher ratings for interpersonal relationships and professional values and lower ratings for salary and training mechanisms. Positive feedback on the status-seeking behavior of rural doctors is recommended to improve village clinic services and reshape the image of rural doctors.