Korea Journal of Hospital Management (한국병원경영학회지)

Korean Society of Hospital Management (한국병원경영학회)
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The Relationship Between Evaluation Criteria of Structure and Process in Evaluation of an Emergerncy Medical Services

응급의료기관 평가에서 구조영역과 과정영역의 평가기준 관계 분석

  • Kim, Minji (Department of Medical Science, Ewha Womans University The Graduate School) ;
  • Lee, Sunhee (Department of Preventive Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine) ;
  • Jung, Yumin (Department of Medical Science, Ewha Womans University The Graduate School) ;
  • Lee, Sujung (Department of Medical Science, Ewha Womans University The Graduate School)
  • 김민지 (이화여자대학교 대학원 의과학과) ;
  • 이선희 (이화여자대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 정유민 (이화여자대학교 대학원 의과학과) ;
  • 이수정 (이화여자대학교 대학원 의과학과)
  • Received : 2017.05.02
  • Accepted : 2018.03.12
  • Published : 2018.03.31
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Abstract

Recently, the importance of emergency medical services has emerged, as rapid advances in urbanization and industrial development. Accordingly, the need for effective emergency medical services is increasing, and the evaluation of an emergengy medical services centers is conducted to meet these policy needs. The purpose of this study was to analyse the relationship between the structure and the process domain of the evaluation of an emergency medical services center based on the Donabedian's model and to verify the validity as an index of quality evaluation through the results. As a result of the analysis, there were some indicators that showed a different direction than expected, but generally there was a significant correlation between the structure and process domains of the evaluation of an emergency medical services center. This suggests that the process can be improved by improving the structure. In conclusion, as structure and process indicators in evaluation of an emergency medical services center show significant relationship, it can be evaluated as validity as a tool to measure the quality of emergency medical services.

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