Table 5.

The understanding and perception of public hospital reform of medical staff in pilot and non-pilot county hospitals

The understanding and perception of public hospital reform	Pilot county hospitals ( n = 1531)		Non-pilot county hospitals ( n = 737)		Total		χ 2	P
	n	%	n	%	n	%
The understanding degree of specific contents of the public hospital reform programme
Fully know	70	4.57	14	1.90	84	3.70
Know a lot	480	31.35	177	24.02	657	28.97
Know some	484	31.61	304	41.25	788	34.74
Know a little	424	27.69	201	27.27	625	27.56
Know nothing	73	4.77	41	5.56	114	5.03	32.787	<0.001
The perceived level of the reform promotion in this county
Perceive obviously	770	50.29	293	39.76	1063	46.87
Perceive not obviously	578	37.75	370	50.20	948	41.80
Perceive nothing	46	3.00	22	2.99	68	3.00
Have no idea	137	8.95	52	7.06	189	8.33	32.378	<0.001
The perceived level of changes brought by reform since 2008
Change obviously	907	59.24	231	31.34	1138	50.18
Change not obviously	494	32.27	374	50.75	868	38.27
Change nothing	65	4.25	100	13.57	165	7.28
Have no idea	65	4.25	32	4.34	97	4.28	181.017	<0.001
If public hospital reform could solve the problems faced by public hospitals
Solve the main problems	124	8.10	38	5.16	162	7.14
Solve only part of the problems	1046	68.32	491	66.62	1537	67.77
Solve nothing	136	8.88	94	12.75	230	10.14
Have no idea	225	14.70	114	15.47	339	14.95	13.797	0.003
If public hospital reform could solve the difficulty in accessibility of medical service
Have obvious effects	96	6.27	27	3.66	123	5.42
Have some effects	1095	71.52	469	63.64	1564	68.96
Have no effect	175	11.43	132	17.91	307	13.54
Have no idea	165	10.78	109	14.79	274	12.08	32.783	<0.001
If public hospital reform could solve the difficulty in affordability of medical service
Have obvious effects	111	7.25	24	3.26	135	5.95
Have some effects	1022	66.75	428	58.07	1450	63.93
Have no effect	226	14.76	175	23.74	401	17.68
Have no idea	172	11.23	110	14.93	282	12.43	47.353	<0.001