Relationship analysis of the application and approval for the Youth Program with the hospitals grouped according to the number of key clinical specialty from 2015 to 2018 / 中华医院管理杂志

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Objective:To analyze the application for and funding for individual key clinical specialties under the Youth Program at the approved hospital groups, for suggestions on future development of hospitals.Methods:Based on the Youth Program data of the applications and approval as summarized by Beijing Hospitals Authority from year 2015 through 2018, 22 municipal hospitals were classified into three groups with more, less and none key clinical specialties respectively(the more group, the less group and the non group for short). The categories were made according to the number of state key clinical specialties approved by National Health Commission and key specialties approved by the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. χ2 test was used to compare the baseline situation, the approval rate of project applications, and the categories of approved project among the three hospital groups. Results:During 2015—2018 period, the number of applicants for Youth Program was 1 128 persons/cases. The groups with more, less, and none key clinical specialties were 7, 10, 5 respectively. In the more specialties group, the applicants of seniority less than five years accounted for 40.93%, who had higher than those of the other two groups( χ2=13.794, P=0.032), and higher doctoral degree applicants(80.31%) as well. The difference was statistically significant( χ2=116.611, P<0.001). The approval rate of the Youth Program in 2015—2018 in the group with key clinical specialties vs. the group with none key clinical specialties was 36.09%(166/460) rersus. 29.04%(194/668) with significant difference( χ2=6.222, P=0.013). The approval rate of the departments with more key clinical specialties was 37.82%, higher than those of less and none key clinical specialties(approval rate at 31.82% and 21.50%, respectively), with significant difference( χ2=16.897, P<0.001). However, there was no significant difference between the approval rates of key specialties group and non-key specialties in each hospital group( P>0.05). Of the three groups, the proportion of clinical medical projects in each group was all higher than such other types as scientific research, medical technology, hospital administration and nursing. Conclusions:The applications and approval rate of key specialties under the Youth Program were higher than the rest, reflecting the discipline advantage. At the same time, it can play an important leading role in the construction of research-oriented hospitals. It is necessary to further strengthen the showcase role of specialties, for encouraging innovative talents cultivation of other specialties, in the hope for promoting the construction of research-oriented hospitals in their clinical, scientific research, medical technology, management and nursing comprehensively.