Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction in the Relationship between Job Satisfaction and Career Development Satisfaction in Healthcare Workers of Township Hospitals

Background Talent team is a key factor that affects the service level and development of township hospitals. The 19th CPC National Congress held in 2017 proposed to strengthen the construction of primary care system and general practitioners team. There are few available studies on primary care physicians' satisfaction with work unit, job and career development in township hospitals. Objective To examine the relationships among work unit satisfaction, career development satisfaction and job satisfaction in primary care physicians working at township hospitals, providing scientific evidence for the construction of healthcare talent team in township hospitals. Methods This study was implemented from December 2019 to August 2020. By use of stratified multistage sampling, 1 736 physicians were selected from 193 township hospitals in 9 counties (districts) of Yulin, Baoji and Shangluo, three cities of Shaanxi to attend a questionnaire survey for understanding their basic demographics, work unit satisfaction, caree