ArticleBMJ open2024
What has the appraisal for hospitals brought to job satisfaction of healthcare professionals? A cross-sectional survey in China.
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objectiveThe purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of hospital appraisals, specifically the Performance Appraisal for Tertiary Public Hospitals (PATPH), and to examine its impact on the job satisfaction of healthcare professionals in tertiary public hospitals in China.
designA cross-sectional study using a multistage sampling method. Improvements induced by PATPH in the working environment, job satisfaction and other covariates were measured. A series of weighted linear regressions with weights from the inverse probability-of-treatment weighting method were used to examine the effect of PATPH on job satisfaction.
settingNine tertiary public hospitals across three economic and geographic regions in China.
participantsIn August 2020, a total of 13 211 hospital employees were surveyed, and 8417 doctors and nurses fully completed questionnaires forming the primary dataset for analysis. Of these respondents, males comprised 18.64% and doctors constituted 28.15%.
resultsThis study revealed that PATPH had a positive impact on the job satisfaction of healthcare professionals. A 'more effective' PATPH working environment resulted in an improvement of 9.57 points (95% CI 8.99 to 10.16) in job satisfaction scores, controlling for all other variables. The finding persisted consistently through a series of sensitivity analyses.
conclusionThe findings offered insights and inspiration for improving the job satisfaction of healthcare professionals, especially in the development of macrolevel policies targeted towards organisational enhancement.
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