Abstract
Research-oriented hospitals are responsible for medical services tasks, medical education, and scientific research, playing an important role in medical research and application. The research efficiency of a clinical specialty is influenced by factors such as the characteristics of the specialty, the organizational atmosphere, and the clinical director’s leadership. The present study aimed to describe the research efficiency of clinical specialties, explore the factors influencing it, and clarify the argument of co-evolution theory regarding the collaborative development of medical services, education, and research. Logistic regression and multiple linear regression were adopted to estimate the correlation between influencing factors and scientific research efficiency. Hospital H, which is representative of research hospitals in China, was taken as an example. Taking three efficiency values—comprehensive technical efficiency (CTE), pure technical efficiency (PTE), and scale efficiency (SE)—as dependent variables, the independent variables affecting research productivity were statistically analyzed. This study also examined the scientific research efficiency of 41 specialties between 2013 and 2017, and found that the independent variables affected CTE, PTE, and SE to various degrees. Collaborative innovation in medical education and research must be based on clinical research; how to balance medical and teaching quality, and research efficiency requires further discussion. While young people play a major role on the research team because of their creativity and initiatives, which improve CTE and PTE, high-level researchers with better research and leadership abilities lead to the rational allocation and effective utilization of resources, thus improving SE. In 2013–2017, discipline construction focused on scale expansion, resulting in the decline of SE in China. Therefore, this study suggests further improvements for the efficiency of clinical specialties in research hospitals.
Highlights
Many countries have placed scientific and technological innovations at the core of health and wellness
The mean comprehensive technical efficiency (CTE), pure technical efficiency (PTE), and scale efficiency (SE) values of all specialties in 2013–2017 were less than 1, and little difference was detected in the annual mean
Our study suggests that medical research should focus on solving clinical problems; the collaborative innovation of medical services, medical education, and medical research must be based on clinical research
Summary
Many countries have placed scientific and technological innovations at the core of health and wellness. Increasing investment in medical research has improved health care. The United States has invested more than one-third of total funding in nondefense fields for National Institutes of Health (NIH) research. In the past 10 years, the average annual funding for NIH reached 30 billion dollars and has shown an increasing yearly trend [1]. The United Kingdom plans to invest 15 billion pounds in the research and development of diseases such as cancer within 10 years [2]. Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) are representative of research-oriented hospitals
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