1.Performance-based compensation management system at a public hospital in Wuhu
Sizhong HE ; Lixia SUN ; Huaihong WANG ; Annan HE ; Qi LI
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration 2013;29(10):724-726
Reasonable and effective compensation and incentive mechanism is key to maintaining and stimulating incentives of the staff.By means of defining the main problems and defects in the current hospital compensation system in China,performance management is used as the cornerstone for designing the public hospital compensation and incentive mechanism.Resource-based relative value scale(RBRVS) assessment system is called into play to build a compensation management system,which features workload as the basis,technical competency and risk assessment as the reference and balance scorecard as the means.This can build a fair,scientific and reasonable salary distribution system and performance evaluation system,which maximize incentives of the compensation system,and in the end maximize the economic and social benefits of the hospital.
2.The A-204C Polymorphism in CYP7A1 Gene Affects Its Promoter Activity
Yujuan CHEN ; Sizhong ZHANG ; Cuiying XIAO ; Dachang TAO ; Guoping HE ; Yingcheng WANG ; Yunqiang LIU ; Yongxin MA
Chinese Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2006;22(6):450-453
cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase gene ( CYP7A 1 ) plays a key role in the catabolism of cholesterol into bile acids. To investigate whether the A-204C polymorphism in CYP7A1 gene affects the gene expression,using luciferase as the reporter gene, four recombinants were constructed by inserting forward or reverse sequence with A or C allele at the polymorphism site into the promoter-less vector pGL3-basic. The constructs were then transfected into four cell lines and the luciferase activity of each expression vector was examined by dual luciferase reporter gene assay system. The results showed that activities of the forward sequence of both genotypes were higher than that of reverse sequence. Promoter activity of the recombinants with A allele was about one third lower than that with C allele. According to the analysis with TRANSFAC database, there may exist a Zic3 binding site when there is the C allele at -204. Our study indicates that the A-204 C polymorphism in CYP7A1 promoter region decreases its promoter activity and thus represses the gene expression, possibly due to the lack of a potential Zic3 binding site.
3.Study on the association of lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase gene polymorphisms with the lipid metabolism in coronary atherosclerotic heart disease.
Kelan ZHANG ; Sizhong ZHANG ; Keqin ZHENG ; Yong HE ; Li ZHANG ; Zhiguang SU ; Yan SUN ; Jiajun SHI ; Xiangdong KONG ; Yu TONG
Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics 2003;20(2):135-137
OBJECTIVETo examine the distribution of 3 polymorphisms of lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase gene in Chinese population and the association of these polymorphisms with lipid metabolism in patients with atherosclerotic heart disease (CHD).
METHODSGenotypes and frequencies of 3 sites were examined by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism technique in 209 unrelated normal control individuals and 203 CHD patients.
RESULTSThe observed allele frequencies conform well to Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The frequency of 608T allele was significantly higher in controls than that in patients (P=0.034). Compared with the CHD patients without 608T, the CHD patients with 608T exhibited a significant increase in plasma HDL-C concentration (P=0.015). 911T/C and 1188C/T polymorphisms were not found in either group.
CONCLUSION608T polymorphism of LCAT gene was associated with higher plasma HDL-C level in CHD patients, while 911T/C and 1188C/T polymorphisms maybe very rare in Chinese population.
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