Analysis on the status quo of human resource in health policy and systems research in China

Corresponding author: MENG Qing-yue, qmeng@bjmu.edu.cn

DOI: 10.12201/bmr.202006.00008

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  Abstract: Objective: To describe human resources of health policy and systems research (HPSR) in China, analyze existing challenges, and provide suggestions for promoting the development of HPSR capacity in China. Methods: Questionnaire and in-depth interviews were used to collect data. We analyzed the current status of human resources of HPSR in China from the aspects of the size, distribution, structure, personnel sustainability and researcher management mechanism. Results: There were in total 1,033 researchers in the research institutions surveyed, with an average of 27.18 per institution. The proportion of senior, mid-career and junior professional titles were 50.72%, 36.59% and 12.69% respectively. The proportion of researchers with doctor degree, master degree and bachelor degree were 50.92%, 41.13% and 7.95%, respectively. The main disciplines of researchers are public health, management, economics etc. 97.37% and 86.84% of research institutions faced challenges in recruiting and retaining researchers, respectively. Over 70% of surveyed institutes stated that lack of competitiveness in salary or welfare levels was the main barrier in recruiting and retaining researchers. In terms of the appraisal mechanism, publications on international peer reviewed journals and high-level of research projects ranked the first and second important factors, with a score of 4.60 and 4.47, respectively. 94.74% of the survey institutes have established capacity development mechanisms for HPSR faculties. All institutions in our survey have experiences of cooperating with domestic research institutions, and 86.84% of them have cooperated with international research institutions. Conclusion: The amount of HPSR researchers has reached a certain scale, but the structure of education remains to be optimized. Most research institutions face challenges in the sustainability of their researchers, with the lack of competitiveness in wages and benefits being a major obstacle. In terms of institutional management mechanism, the capacity development and cooperation and exchange are relatively complete and the appraisal mechanism pays insufficient attention to the policy value of research output.

  Key words: Health policy; Health systems; Human resource; Sustainability; Management mechanism

  Submit time: 15 December 2020

  Copyright: The copyright holder for this preprint is the author/funder, who has granted biomedRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity.
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