Nurse employment contracts in Chinese hospitals: impact of inequitable benefit structures on nurse and patient satisfaction

Purpose Ongoing economic and health system reforms in China have transformed nurse employment in Chinese hospitals. Employment of ‘bianzhi’ nurses, a type of position with state-guaranteed lifetime employment that has been customary since 1949, is decreasing while there is an increase in the contrac...

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Veröffentlicht in:Human resources for health Jg. 12; H. 1; S. 1
Hauptverfasser: Shang, Jingjing, You, Liming, Ma, Chenjuan, Altares, Danielle, Sloane, Douglas M, Aiken, Linda H
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: London BioMed Central 13.01.2014
BioMed Central Ltd
Springer Nature B.V
Schlagworte:
Analysis
Attitude of Health Personnel
Burnout, Professional
China
Contracts
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data Collection
Employment
Female
Health Administration
Health Services Research
Hospitals
Human Resource Development
Human Resource Management
Humans
Intention
Job Satisfaction
Logistic Models
Male
Medical law
Medical research
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Medicine, Experimental
Nurses
Nursing Staff, Hospital
Patient Satisfaction
Personnel Turnover
Practice and Hospital Management
Quality of Health Care
Right Place: Improving access to health service through effective retention and distribution of health workers
Right Time
Salaries and Fringe Benefits
Social aspects
Social Policy
Surveys and Questionnaires
China
Contract-based nurses
Patient satisfaction
Nurse dissatisfaction
Chinese hospitals
‘bianzhi’ nurses
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Zusammenfassung:Purpose Ongoing economic and health system reforms in China have transformed nurse employment in Chinese hospitals. Employment of ‘bianzhi’ nurses, a type of position with state-guaranteed lifetime employment that has been customary since 1949, is decreasing while there is an increase in the contract-based nurse employment with limited job security and reduced benefits. The consequences of inequities between the two types of nurses in terms of wages and job-related benefits are unknown. This study examined current rates of contract-based nurse employment and the effects of the new nurse contract employment strategy on nurse and patient outcomes in Chinese hospitals. Methods This cross-sectional study used geographically representative survey data collected from 2008 to 2010 from 181 hospitals in six provinces, two municipalities, and one autonomous region in China. Logistic regression models were used to estimate the association between contract-based nurse utilization, dissatisfaction among contract-based nurses, nurse intentions to leave their positions, and patient satisfaction, controlling for nurse, patient, and hospital characteristics. Principal Results Hospital-level utilization of contract-based nurses varies greatly from 0 to 91%, with an average of 51%. Contract-based nurses were significantly more dissatisfied with their remuneration and benefits than ‘bianzhi’ nurses who have more job security ( P <0.01). Contract-based nurses who were dissatisfied with their salary and benefits were more likely to intend to leave their current positions ( P <0.01). Hospitals with high levels of dissatisfaction with salary and benefits among contract-based nurses were rated lower and less likely to be recommended by patients ( P  < 0.05). Conclusions Our results suggest a high utilization of contract-based nurses in Chinese hospitals, and that the inequities in benefits between contract-based nurses and ‘bianzhi’ nurses may adversely affect both nurse and patient satisfaction in hospitals. Our study provides empirical support for the ‘equal pay for equal work’ policy emphasized by the China Ministry of Health’s recent regulations, and calls for efforts in Chinese hospitals to eliminate the disparities between ‘bianzhi’ and contract-based nurses.
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ISSN:1478-4491
1478-4491
DOI:10.1186/1478-4491-12-1