Thực trạng nhân lực bác sĩ và kỹ thuật viên chuyên ngành phục hồi chức năng làm việc tại bệnh viện tuyến tỉnh và tuyến huyện ở các vùng sinh thái

Abstract

We used self-filling report form to collect information of city/province general hospitals, district general hospitals and specialized rehabilitation hospitals to describe the situation of human resources in rehabilitation sector. The results showed that among 26 hospitals were collected, including 200 rehabilitation doctors and 344 rehabilitation technicians. Most of their qualifications were traditional medicine doctors (47%) and specialists oriented in rehabilitation (25%). Distribution of doctors’ workforce between ecological regions was uneven, with the highest density in the North Central Coast (27.5%) and the Northern Midlands and Mountains (25%) while nearly half of the rehabilitation technicians were concentrated in the coastal and South Central regions (42.2%). In addition, the study also showed that nearly 70% were physiotherapists, only the lowest in speech therapist was 7.3%. It is necessary to promote the training of human resources in the appropriate profession, including rehabilitation doctors and technicians, similarry among areas to develop and enhance rehabilitation human resources in the future.