Investigation on the staffing at community health centers in Shandong province
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1000-6672.2018.01.001
- VernacularTitle:山东省社区卫生服务中心人力资源配置研究
- Author:
Leijie QIU
1
;
Wengui ZHENG
;
Guifeng MA
;
Xuewen ZHANG
;
Tengfei QIU
;
Binghang LI
;
Anning MA
Author Information
1. 潍坊医学院"健康山东"重大社会风险预测与治理协同创新中心
- Keywords:
Shandong province;
Community health service;
Human resources;
Doctor-nurse ratio;
Resource allocation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration
2018;34(1):38-43
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the present human resources and problems at community health centers in Shandong province .Methods PPS sampling method was used to extract data of 333 community health centers in 17 cities in Shandong province in 2015 .Then the human resource status was analyzed and evaluated by descriptive research indexes .Results Data showed that 333 community health centers had 19809 employees ,and 12271 of them having staffing quota. These employees include 6355 physicians ,5169 nurses ,and 3064 medical and pharmaceutical technicians .For the physicians ,4841 of them are medical practitioners ,1313 were assistant medical practitioners ,while the numbers of obstetricians and gynecologists ,general practitioners ,and TCM practitioners were 756 , 2124 and 432 respectively .Conclusions These community health service centers are faced with such problems as lack of human resources ,irrational personnel makeup ,and obvious shortage of public health ,general practitioners and medical/pharmaceutical professionals. It is recommended to increase and optimize manpower by means of motivating existing personnel ,introducing new manpower and training opportunities for the retention.Medical alliances are expected to encourage more high-end professionals to the primary institutions .