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KMID : 0387320010110040038
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Korean Journal of Health Policy and Administration
2001 Volume.11 No. 4 p.38 ~ p.53
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An Analysis of the Relationship among the Hospital Standardization Survey Score, Efficiency, and Profitability in Acute Care Hospitals
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Youn Kyung-Il
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Abstract
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The price of the hospitals services is regulated by the governmental health insurance reimbursement schedule in Korea. On the other hand, the emphasis on the quality of care of hospitals service is ever increasing. Under the environment, hospitals have to understand the effects of the activities to improve quality of care on efficiency and on financial performance so that they develop a management strategy that allows quality of care, operation efficiency, and financial achievement simultaneously. This study investigates the relationship among the concepts.
The sample for the study includes 23 hospitals that have more than 300 beds. The concept of quality of care is measured by the score reported by the Hospital Standardization Survey (HSS) instituted by Korean Hospital Association. Efficiency is measured by the ratio of number of employee to the number of patients served. Financial performance is measured by the financial ratios indicating the profitability of a hospital.
An analysis is performed using the multiple regression. The results show significant positive relationships between the HSS score and efficiency indicators, and between the HSS score and profit measures. However, the significant positive relationship between the HSS score and profit measures disappeared when efficiency indicators were introduced to the model. This study concludes that the structural quality of a hospital has a positive effect on efficiency of the hospital and that the structural quality indirectly affects the financial performance of a hospital through the improvement of efficiency. Based on the findings, the implications on hospital management and health policy are discussed.
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KEYWORD
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Quality of Care, Hospital Standardization Score, Financial Performance, Efficiency, Hospital Management
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