• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권18호
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• pp.8513-8517
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• 2016

Background: GLOBOCAN12 recently reported high cancer mortality in Malaysia suggesting its cancer health services are under-performing. Cancer survival is a key index of the overall effectiveness of health services in the management of patients. This report focuses on Subang Jaya Medical Centre (SJMC) care performance as measured by patient survival outcome for up to 5 years. Materials and Methods: All women with breast cancer treated at SJMC between 2008 and 2012 were enrolled for this observational cohort study. Mortality outcome was ascertained through record linkage with national death register, linkage with hospital registration system and finally through direct contact by phone or home visits. Results: A total of 675 patients treated between 2008 and 2012 were included in the present survival analysis, 65% with early breast cancer, 20% with locally advanced breast cancer (LABC) and 4% with metastatic breast cancer (MBC). The overall relative survival (RS) at 5 years was 88%. RS for stage I was 100% and for stage II, III and IV disease was 95%, 69% and 36% respectively. Conclusions: SJMC is among the first hospitals in Malaysia to embark on routine measurement of the performance of its cancer care services and its results are comparable to any leading centers in developed countries.

• 대한영양사협회학술지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.25-33
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• 2004

The objective of this study is to analyze the effects of the food waste reducing campaign on food service. For this purpose, the author analyzed the quantity of food waste before and after the Quality Improvement(QI) activity and investigated employees' satisfaction with food service. Statistical data analyses were completed using the SPSS 11.0 program. The results can be summarized as follows : The number of employees who used the food service was 374.29$\pm$25.120 before QI and 332.89$\pm$27.274 after QI, so it decreased significantly after QI. The daily quantity of waste food was 39.52$\pm$3.060kg before QI and 19.58$\pm$4.825kg after QI, so it decreased significantly after QI. The quantity of waste food per person was 105.84$\pm$8.907g before QI and 59.07$\pm$15.125g after QI, so it decreased significantly after QI. Among 7 items related to employees' satisfaction, the taste of food was 3.30$\pm$0.890 before QI and 3.51$\pm$0.665 after QI, so it improved significantly after QI. No significant difference was found in the variety of menus, saltiness, temperature and compatibility of side dishes and tableware hygiene but employees appeared to be more satisfied with these items after QI. Employees' satisfaction with kindness/appearance did not show a significant difference but employees appeared to be less satisfied with it after QI.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.1-22
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• 2023

Purposes: The purpose of this study is to identify and analyze the factors that affect patients reusing non-face-to-face treatments at tertiary general hospitals. Methodology: We retrospectively analyzed a patient's reuse of non-face-to-face treatment from February 1, 2020, to December 31, 2021, at a tertiary general hospital in Seoul within one year of the first non-face-to-face treatment. A frequency analysis was conducted to identify the study subjects' demographic characteristics, treatment type characteristics, disease characteristics, and hospital use type characteristics. Also, across-analysis was conducted to verify the difference in non-face-to-face treatment reuse according to the characteristics a multiple logistic regression analysis was conducted to identify the factors affecting the reuse of non-face-to-face treatment by non-face-to-face treatment patients. Findings: The results of this study can be interpreted as indicating that the following groups are more likely tore use the non-face-to-face treatment: women, children, the elderly, Patients living far from the hospital, psychiatric patients, pediatric patients, medical benefits recipients, chronic patients, patients with mobility difficulties, and patients with high loyalty to hospitals. Practical Implications: When developing a non-face-to-face treatment system in the future, based on the results of this study, it is possible to target patients who prefer non-face-to-face treatment. And this study will be research material for vitalizing non-face-to-face treatment. In addition, the activation of the non-face-to-face treatment system will be an effective means for improving the quality of medical services and generating profits in hospitals in the future.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.22-36
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• 2016

This study aims to analyze the effects of job satisfaction on turnover intention among the nurses in geriatric hospitals. In terms of study methods, this study developed structured questionnaires, and distributed them to nurses working in 11 geriatric hospitals in metropolitan area. A total of 418 questionnaires (response rate: 87.0%) were used for final analysis. We conducted multiple regression analyses to analyze the influence of job satisfaction on turnover intention, adjusting for the characteristics of the research subjects. The results of this study are as follows. First, both job satisfaction and turnover intention were statistically significantly related to individual and hospital characteristics. Second, turnover intention was lower in older age group, and higher in smaller hospitals. As job satisfaction increases, turnover intention decreases. Third, the results of the regression analysis adjusting for subject's characteristics and job satisfaction's sub-categories show that the turnover intention is lower in nurses who are older, day worker, and work in bigger hospitals. Fourth, the result of subgroup analysis by hospital volume show that both of two groups are influenced by hospital ownership and satisfaction about compensation. In addition, professionalism had a significant effect on decreasing turnover intention in smaller hospitals. However, there was no statistically significant relationship between job satisfaction's sub-categories and turnover intention in larger hospitals. The results of this study confirms that job satisfaction lowers turnover intention among nurses in geriatric hospitals. It is suggested that the administrators of those hospitals continue to monitor critical factors associated with job satisfaction, and thus, reduce turnover intention, which helps improve quality of services.

• 임상간호연구
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.275-284
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• 2019

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the current state of home health nursing (HHN) for elders and to provide basic data on policy alternatives for establishing home medical care in the advanced general hospital. Methods: This study was conducted as a secondary data analysis, using electronic medical record (EMR) data of older patients who received HHN more than once from the S advanced general hospital between January 2016 and December 2018. Results: A total of 1,790 patients received HHN visits, with 22,477 visits being made. The mean age was 76.8±7.3 years old, 96.0% of elders had health insurance and 24.6% had orthopedics problems. Of the 1,168 people who visited emergency rooms, the most frequent symptom was pain (23.4%) and all patients visited the hospital at least once and at most 163 times outpatient care during HHN. Causative diseases were degenerative knee joint osteoarthritis (0.6%), surgery for right knee replacement (4.0%), and for dressings (9.7%) in the HHN service content analysis. Conclusion: The progress towards an aging society and the introduction of community care are expected to further enhance the need for HHN which should be able to provide comprehensive and continuous visiting health care services to the older patients. The results of this study are expected to help doctors solve problems not solved by HHN, reduce unnecessary emergency room or outpatient visits, and readmission, while at the same time contributing to the improvement of patient quality of life through efficient patient health care.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제17권12호
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• pp.41-52
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• 2016

병동에서 발생하는 처방, 픽업, 액팅 정보는 데이터베이스에 저장되고 조회되어 관련 부서에 전달된다. 그러나 처방, 픽업, 액팅은 많은 부서가 매우 자주 확인하는 정보이므로 빈번한 조회로 인해 병원정보시스템에 큰 부하를 유발한다. 특히 간호와 간병 업무가 통합되면 실시간으로 전달해야 하는 픽업과 액팅 업무도 함께 증가하는데 이로 인하여 데이터베이스 조회와 정보전송량 또한 증가하게 된다. 우리는 이러한 비효율 문제를 효과적으로 해결하기 위하여 데이터베이스 조회를 배제하고 실시간 웹 방식으로 픽업 및 액팅 정보를 전송하는 간호간병통합정보시스템 개발을 목표로 하였다. 아울러 간호간병통합서비스 도입으로 증가하는 업무와 함께 책임도 커지므로 병동의 모든 환자에 대한 액팅 상황을 모든 근무자가 실시간으로 점검할 수 있는 병동액팅현황판을 제공하여 서비스의 질을 향상시키고자 하였다. 이를 위해 픽업 및 액팅 업무 분석을 중심으로 데이터베이스를 설계하고, 픽업과 액팅 발생 즉시 정보 전달이 가능하도록 실시간 웹 기술을 정보시스템에 적용하였다. 기존 데이터베이스 조회 방법과 개발한 시스템의 소요 시간과 정보 전송량을 측정한 결과, 기존 방식 보다 시간과 전송량을 크게 줄일 수 있었다.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.209-226
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• 2011

The purpose of this study is to analyze and find out key success factors and marketing strategies of Bumrungrad Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand. The major success factors of Bumrungrad Hospital are as follows; First, Bumrungrad Hospital had professional medical team and board of directors who had the international career. Second, Bumrungrad was supported by Thai government and they were in a cooperative relationship with each other for the development of the medical industry. Third, Bumrungrad appropriately handled the internal and external changes including Asia Financial Crises in 1997 and others. Fourth, Bumrungrad diversified and broaden its business field such as global medical investing and management, medical technology, anti-age medicine and wellness. Marketing strategies of Bumrungrad analyzed are the following four factors. First, Bumrungrad focused on the quality of services by employing professional medical staffs, who have the international certification, and by constructing IT system for hospital management. Second, Bumrungrad has maintained an equalized price policy to attract the customers bothin the domestic and foreign markets. The cost for care has appealed the foreign customers for its comparatively low price, but it focused mainly on the upper middle class in Thailand. Third, it established, managed, and consulted hospitals in the foreign countries including the Philippines and the Arab Emirates. Fourth, it adopted differentiated promotion strategies suitable for the special needs of domestic and foreign customers, and put emphasis on the buzz marketing.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.28-49
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• 2007

Organizational culture has been, by and large, regarded as one of the most significant factors to manage organizations. Especially the understanding of empowerment is pivotal, leading to explain organizational cultures. For hospital workers whose services are closely related to quality and performance of their hospitals, empowerment is now called upon more than ever before. This study is intended to investigate the relationship between organizational culture types and hospital workers' empowerment levels. The data were collected from 589 hospital workers at one university hospital and two general hospitals using the self reported questionnaire from Jan.9 to Jan.20 in 2004. The findings were as follows: 1. Empowerment levels were significantly different among the four organizational culture types. Developmental culture group showed the highest empowerment score(3.74), and next were group culture(3.64), rational culture(3.62), and hierarchial culture(3.46). 2. There was a significantly positive correlation between group culture and empowerment(r=.298, p<.000), between developmental culture and empowerment(r=.295, p<.000). But there was not a significantly correlation between hierarchial culture, and between rational culture. 3. According to the multiple regression analysis, self-esteem(${\beta}$=.417, p<.001), position (${\beta}$=-.190, p<.001), self-control(${\beta}$=.185, p<.001), and age(${\beta}$=.169, p<.01) were significant among general properties for organizational empowerment. As for organizational cultures, developmental culture(${\beta}$=.165, p<.001), group culture(${\beta}$=.099, p<.01), and rational culture (${\beta}$=.063, p<.05) were significant other than hierarchial culture. In conclusion, it is necessary to promote group culture and developmental culture to enhance hospital worker's empowerment level, and this article elucidates that understanding the organizational culture embedded in each organization is important for efficient management of organization.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권11호
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• pp.321-331
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• 2017

본 연구는 간호 통합서비스가 확대 실시되고 있는 시점에 맞추어 입원환자가 인식한 간호사의 의사소통유형과 간호서비스 만족도, 병원 재이용 의도를 파악하고, 병원 재이용 의도에 영향을 미치는 영향요인을 규명하고자 시도하였다. 연구대상자는 경상남도에 소재한 간호 간병서비스를 제공하는 100병상 이상의 6개 종합병원의 입원환자 123명을 대상으로 하였다. 자료 수집은 2017년 7월 1일부터 7월 30일까지의 기간 동안에 자가 보고형 설문조사를 하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS 21.0 프로그램을 이용하여 t-test와 ANOVA, Person's correlation coefficients, hierarchical regression으로 분석하였다. 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 대상자의 병원 재이용 의도 정도는 연령(F=9.83, p<.001), 성별(t=-3.82, p<.001), 배우자 유무(t=2.24, p=.028), 학력(F=11.92, p<.001), 입원기간(F=7.81, p<.001)에 따라서 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 있었다. 병원 재이용 의도는 정보 제공적(r=.609, p<.001), 친화적(r=.536, p<.001) 의사소통 유형과 간호서비스 만족도(r=.797, p<.001)간에 유의한 정적 상관관계가 있었으며, 권위적 의사소통 유형(r=-.356, p<.001)간에는 유의한 부적 상관관계가 있었다. 병원 재이용 의도에 영향을 미치는 요인은 정보 제공적 의사소통 유형(${\beta}=.38$, p=.003)과 간호서비스 만족도(${\beta}=.84$, p<.001)이었다. 따라서 간호 간병통합서비스 입원환자의 간호서비스 질과 고객만족을 향상시키기 위해서는 간호사와 환자의 효과적인 의사소통을 위한 다양한 교육 프로그램 개발과 체계적인 교육이 필요하다.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.25-52
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• 1993

Variation in the utilization of medical services is a very important issue in cost containment and quality assurance of health care. Practice variation directly affects health care expenditure especially in fee-for-service system, which is the payment system of health insurance in Korea. In addition to cost issue it is generally accepted that variations in medical practice and the cost of inpatient care suggest the possibility of inappropriate quality of care. This study is to closely examine the patterne and degrees of variation in cost structure of inpatient care among types of hospital and individual hospitals in some tracer diseases, and also to inquire into the service items which contribute much to the variation of total medical care cost. Foru common diseases, i.e. Cesarean Section, appendectomy, cataract extraction and pediatric pneumonia, were selected as tracer diseases. In most tracer diseases there were statistically significant differences in total medical care cost among hospitals in same type of hospital as well as among types of hospital(p<0.01). When total medical care cost were subdivided into the types of service, cost of medication and diagnostic examination varied the most prominenly. When the cost of medication were subdivided again, cost of parenteral antibiotics showed the most prominent variation. Of total medical care cost, medication was most contributory to the variation of total medical care cost(58.1~82.3%), and cost of antibiotics was most contributory to the variation of medication cost(63.9~92.2%). The results of study implicated that reducing the variation of medication may plays a significant role in containing the cost of inpatient care. In order to sort out the factors affecting practice variations including drug prescription pattes further researches are required.