Application of factor analysis in analyzing management transformation in a Chinese hospital
- Author:
Peng SHI
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Author Information
1. Department of Health Statistics
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:
Academic Journal of Second Military Medical University
2006;27(1):85-87
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective: To explore the factors influencing the medical service in a Chinese hospital during the period of management transformation, and to study the changes of these factors at different phases of hospital development. Methods: Data were collected from Hospital Information System (HIS) at the end of every month from Jan. 2000 to Dec. 2003 and 8 variables were deduced: the monthly outpatient visits and emergency visits, the monthly inpatient number, the monthly person-time of operation, bed utilization rate, the monthly cycle of bed rotation, ALS (average length of stay), proportion of cured or recovered patients and expenditure of hospitalization per person. Factor analysis was used to search for the common factors. And Kruskal-Wallis H test was used to compare the mean factor score at different phases divided by ordinal clustering method. Results: There were 2 common factors: quantity-profit factor (F1) and quality-efficiency factor (F2), influencing the medical service in the hospital. F1, score increased with the pregression of 4 stages (preliminary, initial, developmental and stable phases) of hospital management transformation and F2 score remained unchanged. Conclusion: The quantity profit of this hospital increases and the quality-efficiency remains unchanged during the 4-year management transformation. Different common factors have different developmental tendency.
