Abstract
Objective: To analyze the employee compensation status of secondary public hospitals of Pudong New Area in Shanghai in order to provide information for compensation reform of public hospitals in Shanghai and as well as in China. Methods: We surveyed all 15 secondary public hospitals of Pudong New Area in Shanghai to collect hospital annual compensation data for their employees and to investigate their suggestions for compensation reform in public hospitals in China. We also collected related annual compensation data of employees in Shanghai and of physicians in the USA from Shanghai statistical Yearbook 2013 and from Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Results: The average annual compensation for the employees in secondary public hospitals of Pudong New Area in Shanghai in 2012 was 2.65 times of that for overall employees in Shanghai. The physician’s compensation in these public hospitals was relatively lower than that in the USA. Conclusion: The physicians’ compensation in the secondary public hospitals of Pudong New Area in Shanghai should be increased rationally and new compensation reform in public hospitals in Shanghai should be carefully designed.
Highlights
Compensation is the reward that one receives in exchange for the work or services performed [1]
We calculated the ratios of the average annual compensation for employees in secondary public hospitals of Pudong New Area to that for employees in Shanghai overall as well as to that for health professionals and for employees in other industries in Shanghai
The study showed that physicians in secondary public hospitals of Pudong New Area in 2012 had the highest average annual compensation, while nurses, medical technicians, other technicians, administrators, and supportive staff had 79%, 85%, 84%, 83%, and 67% of physicians’ annual compensation on average (Table 1)
Summary
Compensation is the reward that one receives in exchange for the work or services performed [1]. It is critical important because it can affect employee attitudes and behaviors both positively and negatively [2] [3]. There are many discussions on compensation reform of public hospitals in order to construct a rational and incentive compensation system for employees working in public hospitals in China [5] [6]. This study was mainly to analyze the employees’ compensation status in the secondary public hospitals of Pudong New Area in Shanghai in order to provide information for compensation reform of public hospitals in Shanghai as well as in China
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