Relationship between Accreditation Rank and Technical Efficiency of Hospitals Affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Jaafaripooyan, Ebrahim; Sharifi, Tahere; Emamgholi poor, Sara; Yekani Nejad, Mir Saeed; Esmaeili, Samaneh

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Jaafaripooyan E, Sharifi T, Emamgholi poor S, Yekani Nejad M S, Esmaeili S. Relationship between Accreditation Rank and Technical Efficiency of Hospitals Affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences. jhosp 2018; 17 (2) :49-57
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Relationship between Accreditation Rank and Technical Efficiency of Hospitals Affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Ebrahim Jaafaripooyan¹

, Tahere Sharifi²

, Sara Emamgholi poor¹

, Mir Saeed Yekani Nejad³

, Samaneh Esmaeili ^*

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1- Associate Professor, Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2- PhD candidate, Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3- Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4- MSc in Health Care Management, (*Corresponding author), Email: esmaili_samaneh@yahoo.com

Abstract: (5237 Views)

Background: Hospital accreditation is assumed as an effective control mechanism for health systems to improve quality and efficiency. Current study thus, seeks to look into the relationship between hospitals’ accreditation and efficiency
Materials and Methods: In order to measure efficiency, hospital inputs and outputs included the ratio of physician and nurse to bed, mortality and nosocomial infection rate and quality of inpatientservices were used. A sample of 554 hospitalized patients selected using stratified random sampling
method. Data gathering instruments were researcher-developed questionnaire and checklists. DEAP and SPSS software deployed to assess correlation between accreditation rank and technical efficiency
Results: Average hospitals’ technical efficiency score was 0.94 indicating an improvement capacityof %5.1 for hospitals efficiency. The mean quality score was 4.13 out of 5( in the range of 3.9-4.3)There was no correlation between hospitals accreditation rank and their technical efficiency
Conclusion: According to the results, it seems efficiency should be also considered in accreditationmetrics. In addition, for measuring efficiency, performance based inputs and specifically outputs tohave reliable results should be chosen

Keywords: Accreditation, Service Quality, Technical efficiency, Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences

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Type of Study: Other | Subject: سیاست گذاری ، برنامه ریزی و رهبری و مدیریت در بیمارستان
Received: 2016/08/2 | Accepted: 2018/05/22 | Published: 2018/09/1