The impact of the hospital-level initial funding for overseas returnee on the ability of scientific research projects of young people in the third class hospital

Objective Through the investigation of the research funding status of returnees before and after their long-term (more than 3 months) study at abroad in a three class hospital, this paper analyzed the influence of the hospital-level initial funding to help young talent to obtain scientific research funding, discussed appropriate measurement to enhance the scientific research capacity of hospital young talents to provide reference for management. Methods Long-term sponsored study abroad returnees from 2005 to 2015 of this hospital were recruited as subjects, divided into two groups according to whether they got the hospital-level initial funding after returning, comparative analysis was conducted to understand the influence of such funding to help obtaining subsequent research projects of these young talents. Results The number of subjects per capita returned to the obtained group was higher than that of the non-obtained group, and the proportion of high-level subjects at provincial and ministerial levels was higher than that of the non-obtained group (P<0.05), and the average time interval between the groups after returning home was less than that of the non-obtained group (P<0.05). Conclusions The hospital-level initial funding for overseas returnee can obviously improve the quality and speed of the subsequent projects of the young talents in the hospital, and have a significant positive effect on mobilizing the enthusiasm for scientific research, improving their scientific research ability, and improving the overall scientific research level and competitiveness of the hospital. Key words: Initial funding for overseas returnee; Hospital; Scientific research projects; Personnel training