Developing senior hospital managers: does ‘one size fit all’? – evidence from the evolving Chinese health system

Table 8 Mean difficulty scores by hospital and management level

Hospital and Management Level		Mean difficulty score	N
QFSH	HoA	3.80	30
	HoCS	3.67	209
	DoN	4.76	103
	Total	4.01^a	342
LCQH	HoA	3.05	21
	HoCS	3.26	42
	DoN	2.16	25
	Total	2.90^a	88
XXH	HoA	1.55	11
	HoCS	2.66	44
	DoN	3.46	13
	Total	2.63^a	68
Total	HoA	3.15^b	62
	HoCS	3.46^b	295
	DoN	4.18^b	141
	Total	3.63^a,b	498

QFSH Jinan Qian FoShan Hospital, LCQH Li Cheng Qu Hospital, XXH Xi Xian Hospital
HoA Head of Administration and Functional Departments, HoCS Head of Clinical Services, DoN Directors of Nursing
^aHospital: Mean Square = 73.815; F = 10.257; p < 0.00005
^bManagement level: Mean Square = 23.918; F = 3.323; p = 0.037

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