Table 3 Quality structure of health human resources in maternal and child health care institutions in mainland China from 2016 to 2020
Category | Health technicians /% | Licensed (assistant) physicians /% | Registered nurses /% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | 2020 | 2016 | 2020 | 2016 | 2020 | |
Age | ||||||
 <25 | 8.6 | 6.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 13.8 | 9.2 |
 25~ | 38.6 | 39.7 | 21.9 | 23.3 | 46.5 | 50.2 |
 35~ | 29.1 | 28.4 | 38.9 | 34.2 | 24.2 | 25.2 |
 45~ | 19.8 | 19.2 | 31.2 | 29.7 | 14.0 | 12.5 |
 55~ | 2.3 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 8.5 | 1.0 | 2.4 |
  ≥ 60 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
Education | ||||||
 Postgraduate | 2.5 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 8.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
 Undergraduate | 29.4 | 39.7 | 44.9 | 54.1 | 15.1 | 28.3 |
 Junior college | 43.2 | 40.9 | 35.2 | 28.2 | 51.2 | 51.1 |
 Technical secondary school | 24.1 | 15.1 | 14.3 | 8.6 | 33.1 | 20.2 |
 High school and below | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
Job title | ||||||
 Professor of treatment/nursing | 1.2 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
 Associate professor of treatment/nursing | 6.3 | 7.8 | 14.1 | 15.9 | 2.4 | 3.5 |
 Doctor/nurse-in-charge | 23.1 | 22.7 | 36.8 | 32.7 | 18.0 | 18.5 |
 Doctor/nurse practitioner | 29.8 | 30.9 | 36.1 | 34.9 | 26.4 | 28.6 |
 Assistant doctor/nurse | 29.8 | 29.4 | 6.0 | 7.6 | 45.5 | 43.3 |
 Unknown | 9.9 | 7.4 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 7.5 | 5.7 |