Many doctors dissatisfied with pay, work conditions

男丁格尔

SHANGHAI - Nearly 96 percent of doctors in China believe their incomes fail to reflect how hard they work and their true worth, according to a recent survey.

That is about four percentage points above what the number was in 2009.

The survey was conducted from March to April by the Chinese Medical Doctor Association. It polled more than 6,000 doctors at hospitals in the country's 11 provinces and municipalities. Its aim was to reveal the real conditions that Chinese doctors work in and to gauge their satisfaction with their jobs.

The survey found that 19.02 percent of Chinese doctors are satisfied with their work conditions and that 48.51 percent are not. Doctors from basic or rural hospitals were the least satisfied of all. Only about 11.5 percent of the former and 5.5 percent of the latter said they like the work, percentages that were much lower than those that came from doctors in high-, middle-level or urban hospitals.




In response to those results, the survey concluded that hospitals and clinics at the basic level should receive more support, which will help to keep the medical staff at such places stable and to ensure the public receives basic health services.

Meanwhile, 70.7 percent of the respondents said the pressure they feel mainly comes from medical disputes, heavy workloads and the high expectations of patients.

With the relations between doctors and patients becoming increasingly strained, hospitals throughout the country are becoming the sites of more violence. When asked about that trend, 55.7 percent of the respondents said the public is prejudiced against doctors. And 53.8 percent said media outlets are carrying more critical reports about doctors.

In the meantime, doctors blamed the tense relations on the current medical system, including the systems used to manage hospitals, compensate patients for malpractice, process insurance payments and ensure that hospitals are following a common set of laws.

Because of the work pressures and low incomes found in the profession, nearly 80 percent of the respondents said they don't want their children to be doctors in the future. Only 6.8 percent of doctors said they hope their children will take the career path they had chosen.

According to sources from the Beijing municipal health bureau, more than 2,000 medical workers have changed their careers in the past three years.

In the US, doctors are among the professionals making the most money. Doctors' incomes there are, on average, from two to four times greater than those of civil servants.

In China, in contrast, the average salary of doctors is only 1.19 times greater than what is made on average by people in the rest of society. That's much lower, for instance, than the average salary of college teachers, which is 1.71 times greater than the average income earned by the general ranks of workers, said Yin Dakui, director of Chinese Medical Doctor Association.

A newly graduated doctor surnamed Chen said he makes about 2,000 yuan ($310) a month working at a middle-level hospital in Tianjin.

"I am worried about surviving in this city," he said. "It's really hard to hold on to this career."

Yin warned the conditions in which doctors must work pose a hidden threat to China's plans to reform the country's medical system.

"Health authorities and the rest of society should pay more attention to this issue and make sure it is solved properly," he said.

China Daily

(China Daily 08/10/2011 page5)

Adler007

在美国,医生是业界收入最高的行业。医生们的收入平均比那些公务员高两到四倍,
而在中国 ，医生的收入在社会中能排到第几呢？ 刚毕业的医学生，五年住院医期间每月收入（2000）还不如农民工，另外护士的收入更低，更没有地位？谁来维护我们医护人员，谁来保障医护人员？

snzhuang

许多医生不服劳动报酬、工作条件

上海-中国近96%的医生相信他们的收入无法反映他们多么努力工作和他们真正的价值,根据最近的一项调查。
　　
　　那是大约四个百分比高于这一数字达到了2009年。
以回应那些结果,调查得出的结论是,医院和诊所在基本水平应得到更多的支持,这将有助于防止医务人员在这样的地方,确保稳定公众接受基本卫生服务。
　　
　　同时,70.7%的受访者表示他们感到的压力主要来自医疗纠纷的,繁重的和更高的期望。病人。
　　
　　与医生和病人之间的关系越来越紧张,医院各段

　　
　　04调查从三月至四月由中国医师协会。它接受调查的6000多的医生在医院里在我国11个省、市、自治区。它的目标是展示现实处境,中医工作和来衡量

烟花易冷

在中国医生护士工资是低，但是我们有美国医生护士敬业精神吗？工作态度+工作能力=工资

小鱼儿001

政府在医疗卫生资金投入严重不足，医改首先要改政府，改善医务人员福利待遇，缓解百姓看病难等问题。