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KMID : 0387320000100010148
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Korean Journal of Health Policy and Administration
2000 Volume.10 No. 1 p.148 ~ p.173
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Strategies for Rural Hospitals in Korea
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Park Jong-Yeon
Kang Myung-Guen
Choi Kui-Son
Cho Woo-Hyun
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Abstract
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This thesis is a kind of case report on the managerial difficulties and strategies to overcome them for the rural hospitals in Korea. We examined environmental situations and SWOT(Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Threat) of the hospitals, and suggested some strategies to improve the hospital business through analysing secondary data and brief survey to staffs and patients at 3 case hospitals, positioning towards high-touch services rather than high-tech services to improve their competence. For this positioning, patient satisfaction should be emphasized to make rapport with the residents in the community, and a few service areas should be selected and strengthend. Emergency care and geriatric health services are recommended to be covered strongly, because rural hospitals are usually the one and only hospital in the region and rural communities have aged population structure. In addition to these, networking is necessary among rural hospitals nationwide and with local clinics and tertiary hospitals near urban areas. And also, compeplementary role division with community health post should be developed to lessen the competitive relationship between public and private sectors. To support these strategies, fresh organizational culture should be built up to make hospital staff creative and enthusiastic on their job. Finally, inducement of govermental assistance will be necessary to make the environment advantageous to the rural hospitals.
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KEYWORD
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raral hospital, SWOT, strategy
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