Hospital management practices in county-level hospitals in rural China and international comparison.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although management is important in healthcare, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have little experience measuring the competence of hospital management. While improving hospital management is the main focus of hospital reform in China, few studies have empirically documented the baseline situation to inform policy design.

Methods

We assessed the management practices of county-level hospitals in Guizhou in southwest China during 2015. We used the Development World Management Survey (D-WMS) instrument to interview 273 managers in 139 hospitals. We scored the management practices of the sampled hospitals, overall and in four dimensions (operations, monitoring, targets, personnel management) and three processes (implementation, usage, monitoring). We then conv

SUBMITTER: Hu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8755900 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature