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KMID : 0926620200250030078
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Korean Journal of Hospital Management
2020 Volume.25 No. 3 p.78 ~ p.86
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Factors influencing the composite quality score from the quality assessment program for long-term care hospitals
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Lee Sang-Kab
Seol Jin-Ju
Lee Kwang-Soo
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Abstract
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Purposes: This study purposed to identify factors influencing the composite quality score from the quality assessment program for long-term care hospitals
Methodology: The study variables was obtained from HIRA(Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service): the composite quality scores and hospital variables such as number of doctors, nurses, beds, medical technicians, medical equipments, administrative region, ownerships from 3rd (2010) to 7th (2018) quality assessment program. National Statistical Portal(www.kosis.go.kr) provided the number of senior citizens aged over 65 in city·county·district area. SAS 9.4 was used for the data processing and used to analyze the data.
Findings: The results showed that composite quality score increased past 9 years. Hospital variables such as number of doctor, nurse, medical technicians, bed and public hospitals had significant positive relationship with the composite quality score. Administrative region(district) showed higher scores compare to that of city. Compare to the score of quality assessment year(2010), as the assessment year move to 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, results showed higher significant positive coefficients.
Practical Implication: Continuously improve the performance of long-term care hospitals, current quality assessment program are needed to update their system such as adopting indicators measuring the service process, or compensating the cost for quality assessment program. It will enable to provide more reasonable and accurate performance assessment scores.
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KEYWORD
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long-term care hospitals, quality assessment, composite quality score
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