ABSTRACT
Objective To learn the size and income of off-staff medical workers in a survey of public county-level general hospitals in China.Methods Human resources investigation of public county-level general hospitals,with SPSS data analysis of the outcomes.Results From 2011 to 2013,the proportion of off-staff medical workers increased from 31.44% to 36.69%,of whom the highest proportion was found in China′s western region,accounting for 40.69%;the ratio of off-staff practicing physicians increased from 14.24% to 16.64%,of whom China′s central region accounted for 19.92%;the ratio of off-staff nurses increased from 43.03% to 49.77%,of whom China′s western region accounted for 55.88%.In 13.7% of the hospitals,income of off-staff medical workers was less than a half of that for permanent staff;41.32% and 26.31% of the hospitals surveyed were fully covered with social insurance and housing fund account respectively.Conclusions Off-staff labor is a distinct feature at such hospitals,making imperative a HR system reform of public hospitals.The discriminative income and welfare between permanent and off-staff medical workers calls for a fundamental change to the income and welfare system.
