Physician turnover in China, 2011–2021: a nationwide longitudinal study
This study suggests that the physician turnover rate is rising in China. Polices should pay more attention to physician retention in less-developed regions. The underlying causes of physician turnover should be thoroughly investigated. Continuous monitoring of physician turnover is critical to leverage its potential positive impact on revitalizing the healthcare system and to avoid its possible negative impact on equal geographic distribution of physicians.
Authors
- Qiufen Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9277-8298)
- Lijin Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3070-8936)
- Xiang Cui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3511-8765)
- Jun Lyu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2237-8771)
- Shuai Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4808-9545)
- Liming Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5873-7089)
- Xiaoxu Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8364-9467)
- Shiyong Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9552-6982)
- Yaoguang Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1515-964X)
- Yue Cai
- Ruixian Wu
Institutions
- Harbin Medical University (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- Peking University (CN)
- National Health and Family Planning Commission (CN)
- Ministry of Education (RO)
- Office of Readiness and Response (US)
- Fu Wai Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Human Resources for Health
- Published
- 2025-08-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-025-01009-z
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.52
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- National Key Research and Development Program of China