ObjectiveTo measure the operational efficiency and explore the phenomenon of the economy of scale in secondary public general hospitals of China for improving the health service efficiency.MethodsFrom February to August 2019, the data set of two input indicators (the number of employees and actual open beds) and two output indicators (the numbers of outpatients and discharges) in 511 secondary general hospitals of Shandong, Anhui, Shanxi, Hubei and Hainan provinces in 2018 were collected for data envelopment analysis. The analysis processes were three folds: First, the technical efficiency, pure technical efficiency, scale efficiency and scale compensation status of the sample hospitals were calculated respectively. Second, the comparative analysis of efficiency value and scale compensation status was carried out in 5 groups according to the bed scale. Finally, the input and output projection analysis was carried out on the ineffective decision making units.ResultsThe medians of technical efficiencies, pure technical efficiencies, and scale efficiencies of the 511 secondary general hospitals were 0.472, 0.531, and 0.909, respectively. In the 511 hospitals, 493 hospitals (96.5%) were in ineffective state, of which 321 hospitals (62.8%) were in the state of decreasing return to scale. The staff redundancy of the group with beds >100 and ≤300 was 23.86%, and its service quantity could be increased by 39.37%.ConclusionsThe overall operating efficiencies are inefficiency in secondary general hospitals of China and the optimal scale of actual open beds is between 300 and 500 beds from the perspective of scale efficiency.
With the development of rehabilitation medicine being promoted as a national strategy, the rehabilitation medicine has developed rapidly in China, and the number of rehabilitation medicine departments in tertiary general hospitals has increased greatly. However, the discipline development faces some problems, such as unreasonable physical condition setting, nonstandard clinical path of rehabilitation technology, inaccurate discipline positioning, loopholes in safety management, inadequate rehabilitation quality control, and imperfect talent construction system. This paper attempts to discuss the strategic thinking of the development of rehabilitation medicine from six dimensions: foundation, technology, system, safety, quality control, and talents, so as to provide a reference for discipline builders.
West China Hospital of Sichuan University has explored and established an intelligent assistant evaluation mechanism for professional titles based on the personnel information system, which makes the evaluation more convenient, more efficient, and the whole process more open and transparent. This paper aimed to introduce it and to provide references for evidence-based decision-making of medical institutions.
Objective To investigate the changes of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) in the First People’s Hospital of Longquanyi District of Chengdu around its overall relocation. Methods The First People’s Hospital of Longquanyi District of Chengdu was overall relocated on December 31st, 2016. The detection rates of MDROs and the changes in nosocomial infections before the relocation (from 2015 to 2016) and after the relocation (from 2017 to 2020) were retrospectively analyzed. Results A total of 83634 qualified specimens were submitted for inspection, 8945 strains of pathogenic bacteria were detected, and the detection rate of pathogenic bacteria was 10.70%, showing an increasing trend in yearly detection rates of pathogenic bacteria (χ2trend=8.722, P=0.003); among them, 1551 MDRO strains were detected, and the detection rate of MDROs was 17.34%, showing an increasing trend in yearly detection rates of MDROs (χ2trend=11.140, P=0.001). The detection rate of pathogenic bacteria before relocation was lower than that after relocation, and the difference was statistically significant (9.64% vs. 11.08%; χ2=35.408, P<0.001); there was no significant difference in the detection rate of MDROs before and after relocation (16.32% vs. 17.66%; χ2=2.050, P=0.152). From 2015 to 2020, the detection rates of pathogenic bacteria from sputum+throat swab specimens (χ2trend=81.764, P<0.001) and secretion+pus specimens (χ2trend=56.311, P<0.001) showed increasing trends, while the detection rates of pathogenic bacteria from blood specimens (χ2trend=110.400, P<0.001), urine specimens (χ2trend=11.919, P=0.001), and sterile body fluid specimens (χ2trend=20.158, P<0.001) showed decreasing trends. The MDRO detection rates of Escherichia coli (χ2trend=21.742, P<0.001), Staphylococcus aureus (χ2trend=47.049, P<0.001), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (χ2trend=66.625, P<0.001) showed increasing trends, while the MDRO detection rates of Klebsiella pneumoniae (χ2trend=2.929, P=0.087) and Acinetobacter baumannii (χ2trend=0.498, P=0.481) showed no statistically linear trend, but the MDRO detection rate of Acinetobacter baumannii dropped significantly in 2017. In the targeted monitored MDROs, the proportions of nosocomial infections in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (χ2trend=4.581, P=0.032), carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (χ2trend=8.031, P=0.005), and carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (χ2trend=6.692, P=0.010) showed decreasing trends; there was no statistically linear trend in the proportion of nosocomial infections in carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (χ2trend=0.597, P=0.440); only one strain of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus was detected in 2017, and no nosocomial infection occurred. Conclusions The overall detection rate of pathogenic bacteria and MDROs in this tertiary general hospital around relocation showed increasing trends year by year. The detection rate of pathogenic bacteria after relocation was higher than that before relocation, but the detection rate of MDROs after relocation did not differ from that before relocation. The proportion of nosocomial infections among the targeted monitored MDROs decreased.
ObjectiveTo measure the total factor productivity and its component changes of public secondary general hospitals in China from 2012 to 2018.MethodsFrom February to September in 2019, stratified systematic sampling method was used to collect the panel data of input and output indicators from 2012 to 2018 of 511 public secondary general hospitals in 5 provinces of China (Shandong, Hubei, Hainan, Anhui, and Shanxi), and Bootstrap-Malmquist-data envelopment analysis was used to calculate the total factor productivity and its component changes of the hospitals.ResultsFrom 2012 to 2018, the total factor productivity of the 511 public secondary general hospitals decreased by 0.22%, technical efficiency decreased by 5.24%, technical changes increased by 5.29%, pure technical efficiency decreased by 1.40%, and scale efficiency decreased by 3.89%, respectively.ConclusionsIn the past 7 years, the total factor productivity of public secondary general hospitals in China has declined slightly, mainly due to the decline of scale efficiency and pure technical efficiency, and the technological progress is the main reason for its improvement. The implications for the public secondary general hospitals are three folds: avoiding blind expansion and exploring optimum scale of beds, strengthening the internal fine management to improve the management practice and technical efficiency, and promoting technological progress by healthcare cooperating organizations.
【摘要】 目的 研究综合医院心理咨询初诊患者的特征。 方法 对2007年1月1日-2009年12月31日初诊患者的性别、年龄、居住地、学历、职业、咨询目的与疾病分布等特征进行统计分析。 结果 共纳入1 933例初诊患者，女性略多于男性（男女比1∶1.1）；年龄3~75岁，以青少年（10~19岁，34.5%）和青年（20~29岁，29.7%）为主；当地居民居多（66.0%），外地居民亦占较大比例（34.0%）；学历主要分布在中学（初中:21.5%；高中:35.6%）和大学（33.6%）；职业分布以学生比例最大（40.0%），其次为无固定职业者（14.9%），专业技术人员（12.5%），商业、服务人员（9.4%），办事人员和有关人员（7.7%）。患者中有心理问题的健康人占27.5%，以亲子教育咨询（53.4%）和婚恋咨询（41.5%）为主；患精神障碍的患者占72.5%，以心境障碍（30.6%）、神经症（23.1%）和精神分裂症（10.1%）为主，新确立的精神障碍网络成瘾占1.1%。 结论 综合医院心理咨询初诊患者来源广泛，需要更加关注青少年、学生和无固定职业者的心理问题。【Abstract】 Objective To investigate the characteristics of the new clients from the psychological counseling clinic in general hospital. Methods The clients’ data were prospectively analyzed from the successively registered database of the counseling clinic from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2009. The data included sex, age, habitation, educational background, career, problems, and diagnosis of the new clients. Results A total of 1 933 clients were included in the study, and the sex ratio was 1∶1.1(male∶female). The age ranged from three to 75 years old. The clients aging from 10 to 29 yeas old accounted for 64.2%. Sixty-six percent of the clients were local residents. The education backgrounds of them were middle school (21.5%), high school (35.6%), and graduate (33.6%). Forty percent of the clients were students and 14.9% had no regular works. Special technician, business and service workers, and office workers accounted for 12.5%, 9.4%, and 7.7%, respectively. The percentage of healthy clients was 27.5%, whose main problems were child education (53.4%), and marriage relationship (41.5%). And 72.5% of the clients suffered from mental disorders, with mood disorder (30.6%), neurosis (23.1%), and schizophrenia (10.1%). Internet addiction, as a new established mental disorder in China, accounted for 1.1%. Conclusion At present, the clients of counseling clinic in general hospital are more widespread, and more attention should be paid to the young, the students, and the people without regular work.
Objective To scientifically evaluate the nosocomial infection prevention and control ability of respiratory infectious diseases in general hospitals, and to construct a set of quantitative assessment system for the prevention and control ability of respiratory infectious diseases in general hospitals. Methods Papers, standards and guidelines online related to respiratory hospital infections published between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2023 were selected, and infection control experience was summarized to build a pool of evaluation pionts. Then, this study used experts consultation to select the evaluation pionts, to calculate the weight coefficient and reached a consensus on the quantitative evaluation methods of each evaluation point. Results A total of 27 articles were included. The evaluation system included 17 evaluation points in 4 categories: “Basic management capacity” “Basic conditions of facilities and equipments” “The prevention and control capacity of nosocomial infection” and “The emergency response capacity”. Each evaluation point contained 3 quantitative evaluation indicators. The Cronbach’s α coefficients of the expert questionnaire consultation were 0.914 and 0.883, respectively. The scale-level content validity index was 0.932, and the item-level content validity index ranged from 0.823 to 1. Conclusions The evaluation system constructed in this study can be used for quantitative evaluation and quality self-examination of the prevention and control ability of respiratory infectious diseases in general hospitals. It also contributes to the continuous improvement of the quality of nosocomial infection prevention and control.
Objective To analyze the drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) in West China Hospital of Sichuan University in recent years to provide reference for drug resistance monitoring and prevention strategies of tuberculosis in general hospitals. Methods The clinical strains of MTBC that performed drug susceptibility tests in West China Hospital of Sichuan University between January 2019 and December 2022 were collected. The drug susceptibility information of 13 anti-tuberculosis drugs, namely rifampicin, isoniazid, ethambutol, streptomycin, rifabutin, amikacin, kanamycin, ofloxacin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, para-aminosalicylic acid, ethionamide, and capreomycin, was collected and retrospectively analyzed. Results A total of 502 clinical strains of MTBC were included, and 366 of them were isolated from newly-treated patients while 136 form re-treated patients. The resistance rates of MTBC strains to the first-line anti-tuberculosis drugs in descending order were 28.69% (isoniazid), 19.72% (ethambutol), and 14.94% (rifampicin). Among the second-line drugs, the resistance rates to ofloxacin, levofloxacin, and moxifloxacin were 13.55%, 12.15%, and 11.95%, respectively. The resistance rates to amikacin, kanamycin, para-aminosalicylic acid, and ethionamide were all less than 10%. The resistance rates to streptomycin, capreomycin, and rifabutin were 17.53%, 13.55%, and 12.15%, respectively. The resistance rates to the remaining 12 anti-tuberculosis drugs except capreomycin of MTBC strains isolated from re-treated patients were higher than those of MTBC strains isolated from newly-treated patients, and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). The isolation rates of monodrug-resistant, polydrug-resistant, multidrug-resistant (MDR) and pre-extensively drug-resistant (pre-XDR) strains were 9.36%, 7.37%, 7.17%, and 7.77%, respectively. The isolation rates of strains with the four drug-resistant phenotypes generally showed a downward trend during the four years, and the changing trends were statistically significant (P<0.05). The isolation rates of MDR and pre-XDR strains from re-treated patients were higher than those from newly-treated patients, and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.001). Conclusion Tuberculosis drug resistance in West China Hospital of Sichuan University, which is a comprehensive tuberculosis-designated hospital, remained severe during the four years from 2019 to 2022, and the prevention of tuberculosis and the monitoring of drug resistance should be further strengthened.
Objective To explore the present situation of the efficiency about public tertiary general hospitals in Shandong province, measure and compare the efficiency and the state of returns to scale of hospitals under different bed scales. Methods Based on the input and output data of 137 public tertiary general hospitals in Shandong province in 2017, two input indicators (the number of employees and the number of actual beds) and two output indicators (the total number of outpatients and emergent patients, and the number of discharges) were selected. The technical efficiency, pure technical efficiency and scale efficiency of sample hospitals were calculated by using data envelopment analysis, and a comparative analysis was carried out under different bed scales. Results Of the 137 public tertiary general hospitals, the mean of technical efficiency value was 0.666, the medians of pure technical efficiency value and scale efficiency value in 2017 were 0.817 and 0.919, respectively. In the 137 sample hospitals, there were 132 hospitals (96.4%) in ineffective status; there were 90 hospitals (65.7%) exhibiting increasing returns to scale, 11 hospitals (8.0%) exhibiting constant returns to scale, and 36 hospitals (26.3%) exhibiting decreasing returns to scale. There were significant differences in hospital efficiency and returns to scale under different bed sizes (P<0.001), and the scale efficiency was the highest when the bed size was 1001-2000. Conclusions The overall operating efficiency of the public tertiary general hospitals in the province was not high yet. Most hospitals were in ineffective status and most of them were in the state of increasing returns to scale. The optimal scale of actual beds is between 1001 and 2000 beds from the perspective of scale efficiency.