Table 5 Predicted impact of different policy interventions on uptake of rural postings
Intervention | Medical students | Nursing students | Rural background | Urban background | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Change (%points) | Total uptake (%) | Change (%points) | Total uptake (%) | Change (%points) | Total uptake (%) | Change (%points) | Total uptake (%) | |
Base uptake | 28 | 2 | 29 | 4 | ||||
Single interventions | ||||||||
Education for once a year | 7 | 35 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 6 | 10 |
Convenient transportation | 7 | 35 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 41 | 7 | 11 |
Salary RMB¥5000 per month | 22 | 50 | 25 | 27 | 22 | 51 | 25 | 29 |
Salary RMB¥7000 per month | 41 | 69 | 47 | 49 | 42 | 71 | 47 | 51 |
Salary RMB¥9000 per month | 58 | 86 | 65 | 67 | 59 | 88 | 64 | 68 |
Workload of 40 h per week | 6 | 34 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 35 | 7 | 11 |
Adequate essential equipment | 12 | 40 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 42 | 9 | 13 |
Have bianzhi | 15 | 43 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 50 | 13 | 17 |
Intervention packages | ||||||||
Education+5000salary + Bianzhi | 41 | 69 | 47 | 49 | 54 | 83 | 42 | 46 |
Transportation+5000salary + Bianzhi | 42 | 70 | 54 | 56 | 61 | 90 | 43 | 47 |
Workload +equipment +Bianzhi | 32 | 60 | 39 | 41 | 46 | 75 | 28 | 32 |
7000salary + equipment +Bianzhi | 61 | 89 | 68 | 70 | 66 | 95 | 62 | 66 |
7000salary + equipment | 51 | 79 | 56 | 58 | 60 | 89 | 54 | 58 |