Comparison and analysis of scientific competitive index in Chinese hospital ranking list

Objective Purpose to evaluate hospital scientific competition by analyzing the evaluative index system of scientific competition in these hospital ranking lists. Methods This paper took four main scientific competitive rankings in China as examples, analyzed their data sources, evaluation methods, indicators of entry points and indicators focus. Meanwhile, we took four representative hospitals for instance to compare the differences between content and focus. Results According to comparison of data source, we found that datum from the scientific indicators of the four rankings were publicly available. Regarding to the evaluation methods, the ranking of China's best hospitals was a combination of both subjective and objective factors, while others are objectively evaluated. In terms of indicators of entry points and indicators focus, the ranking of China's best hospitals only included scientific research output (2 indexes), the competitiveness ranking of Chinese hospitals only examined academic influence (6 indexes), the ranking of China hospital's scientific and technological influence was more comprehensive, including research input, output and academic influence (17 indexes), and the China hospital index of natural indexes focused on research output indicators (2 indexes). Conclusions In order to enhance the development of hospital science and technology competitiveness, hospitals were suggested to strengthen the high-quality papers, national project declaration and high-end scarce talents. Key words: Scientific competition; Hospital ranking list; Evaluative index system