title: [Assessment for hospital research foundation of Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate 10 year's performance of research foundation of Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology, and to analyze the relationship between input and output.
  
  
  METHODS
  An evaluation target system for hospital research foundation projects was designed according to literature research and experts' consultation. Statistical measures such as general descriptive analysis and multiple stepwise regression were used to analyze the influential factors and the relationship among research output, financial and human input via Excel 2003 and SPSS11.0 software package.
  
  
  RESULTS
  An evaluation target system was set up and applied to evaluate the output of hospital research foundation. The performance showed the sustained and stable contribution to the comprehensive research output of the hospital. The education level of the researchers was found to be the key influential factor.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hospital research foundation plays an important role in cultivating research projects and construction echelon personnel. The whole process of management should be strictly implemented on the projects, and incentive measures are preferable to be set up.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai 200011, China.
authors.forename: Pei-feng
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bao
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D002681:China; D006801:Humans; D019242:Oral Medicine