Table 1.
General information of the selected hospitals
| Year of research | Provincial general hospital | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bac Giang | Thanh Hoa | Can Tho | Dong Thap | |
| 2015 | 2015 | 2017 | 2018 | |
| Number of faculty in research | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Surgery | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Internal medicine | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Available working time (AWT) (hours) | 1856–1988 | 1976–2008 | 1633–1989 | 1958–2021 |
| Number of inpatients in each faculty/year | 1545–5773 | 2012–5845 | 3478–7777 | 1633–7003 |
| Number of nurses in each faculty | 11–21 | 15–21 | 16–23 | 11–16 |
| Total number of inpatient treatment days | 18 923–44 739 | 18139–49 963 | 15 625–35 455 | 13 560–63 805 |