Staff retention after the privatization of township-village health centers: a case study from the Haimen City of East China

Table 1 Human resources among health care organizations in Haimen

Items	Township-village health center (n = 25)					Central health center (n = 6)					County hospital (n = 3)
	Mean	Standard error	95% CI for mean		P value (ANOVA)	Mean	Standard error	95% CI for mean		P value (ANOVA)	Mean	Standard error	95% CI for mean		P value (ANOVA)
	Mean	Standard error	Lower	Upper	P value (ANOVA)	Mean	Standard error	Lower	Upper	P value (ANOVA)	Mean	Standard error	Lower	Upper
Staff per organization					0.000					0.997					0.960
2000	39.7	1.7	36.3	43.2		153.3	22.9	94.6	212.1		414.7	158.7	−268.4	1097.7
2005	27.5	1.7	24.2	31.0		155.2	29.9	78.3	232.0		471.0	220.3	−476.7	1418.7
2009	28.2	2.8	22.5	33.9		152.2	34.7	63.0	241.4		496.0	233.4	−508.3	1500.3
Permanent staff per organization					0.000					0.661					0.989
2000	39.7	1.7	36.2	43.1		153.0	23.1	93.7	212.3		380.7	155.8	−289.7	1051.1
2005	26.9	1.4	24.0	30.0		137.3	22.3	80.1	194.6		407.0	180.8	−371.0	1185.0
2009	21.9	1.4	19.1	24.7		123.3	22.9	64.6	182.1		417.3	194.0	−417.4	1252.0
Doctors per organization					0.001					0.794					0.975
2000	21.6	1.0	19.5	23.7		54.3	5.9	39.1	69.6		142.3	63.9	−132.5	417.2
2005	17.2	1.0	15.1	19.2		47.0	6.0	31.6	62.5		151.3	75.0	−171.2	473.9
2009	16.7	0.8	15.1	18.4		54.3	12.6	21.9	86.7		166.0	84.0	−195.4	527.4
Nurses per organization					0.001					0.096					0.992
2000	7.1	0.5	6.1	8.1		32.2	4.9	19.5	44.8		110.7	52.9	−117.0	338.4
2005	5.4	0.7	4.0	6.8		27.2	4.2	16.4	37.9		118.0	62.6	−151.5	387.5
2009	4.1	0.4	3.3	4.9		18.3	3.4	9.5	27.2		121.7	66.3	−163.5	406.9
% permanent staff	Percentage					Percentage					Percentage
2000	100.00%					99.80%					91.80%
2005	97.82%					88.47%					86.41%
2009	77.66%					81.01%					84.13%

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