Table 1 Characteristics of the sample hospitals and interviewees
From: Hospital management practices in county-level hospitals in rural China and international comparison
Sampled hospitals | N | n (%) or mean (SD) |
|---|---|---|
139 | ||
Hospital type | ||
General hospital | 139 | 94 (67.6%) |
Traditional Chinese hospital | 139 | 45 (32.4%) |
Public hospital | 139 | 105 (75.5%) |
Number of staff | 136 | 285 (199) |
Number of medical staff | 137 | 226 (164) |
Number of beds in operation | 137 | 275 (196) |
Number of ICU beds | 123 | 3.8 (4.8) |
Annual revenue (million CNY [million US$]) | 136 | 60.9 (53.1) [9.2 (8.0)] |
Annual expenditure (million CNY [million US$]) | 135 | 59.2 (51.6) [8.9 (7.8)] |
Medical background of director | 103 | 94 (91.3%) |
Management training of director | 104 | 52 (50.0%) |
Sampled interviewees | 273 | |
Age (years) | 254 | 39.4 (8.6) |
Male | 273 | 129 (47.3%) |
Duration in hospital (years) | 266 | 14.2 (9.5) |
Duration in position (years) | 252 | 4.6 (4.3) |
Management training | 257 | 33 (12.8%) |
Department | ||
Orthopaedics | 273 | 165 (60.4%) |
Surgery | 273 | 64 (23.4%) |
Cardiology | 273 | 15 (5.5%) |
Other | 273 | 29 (10.6%) |
Job title | ||
Charge nurse | 273 | 136 (49.8%) |
Department director | 273 | 127 (46.5%) |
Vice director | 273 | 7 (2.6%) |
Other | 273 | 3 (1.1%) |
Background | ||
Medicine | 260 | 146 (56.2%) |
Nursing | 260 | 106 (40.8%) |
Other | 260 | 8 (3.1%) |
Education level | ||
High school or less | 259 | 26 (10.0%) |
College | 259 | 85 (32.8%) |
Bachelor’s degree | 259 | 136 (52.5%) |
Master’s degree | 259 | 10 (3.9%) |
Other | 259 | 2 (0.8%) |