Intention survey of Shanghai medical workers with regard to reward for personal services / 中华医院管理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To find out about the intention of medical workers with regard to reward for personal services and explore the value of their labor. Methods An intention survey through questionnaires was conducted by means of random sampling among 1 424 medical workers from 6 hospitals in Shanghai with regard to reward for personal services and a model of expected income was obtained via multivariate stepwise regression analysis. Results Only 2.9% of the medical workers felt satisfied with their current total income. Such factors as professional titles, educational backgrounds, working years, and specialties all exerted some impact on the medical workers expected income. The expected income was several times that of the actual income, and there was a large difference between the expected incomes of people at different levels. Conclusion Reward to medical workers for personal services in China needs to be enhanced and reform of the distribution system should keep step with the reform of the personnel system.