Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
- Volume 26 Issue 3 Serial No. 43
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- Pages.442-456
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- 1993
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- 1975-8375(pISSN)
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- 2233-4521(eISSN)
A Study on the Determinants of Hospital Profitability
병원 경영수지에 영향을 미치는 요인 분석
- Chun, Ki-Hong (Department of Preventive Medicine & Public Health, College of Medicine Ajou University) ;
- Cho, Woo-Hyun (Department of Preventive Medicine & Public Health, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
- Published : 1993.09.01
Abstract
Financial stability is the foremost prerequisite for the continuous growth and development of hospitals. The present study aimed at developing a deterministic model using the factors which affect the hospitals profitability and at discovering which factor affected the hospital profitability. The study conducted questionnaire surveys on all general hospitals, with the exception of special hospitals, with over eighty hospital beds. Of the 274 subject hospitals, 136 of them, consituting 49.6% of the whole, were used in the study. The results are as follows. 1. In the deterministic model, outpatient revenue was affected more by the number of physician visits than by outpatient service intensity. Inpatient revenue was found to be affected more by the number of discharged patients than by inpatient service intensity. However, the increase rate of the service intensity not only contributed in stepping up the operating margin by