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Hamid Sepehrdust, Elham Rajabi,
Volume 10, Issue 3 (1-2013)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Hospitals as one of the major institutions providing health care services within the health sector utilize a high percentage of the sector's key resources to respond to the needs of consumers. The aim of the present study was to identify factors affecting technical, scale and management efficiency of the Social Security Organization (SSO) hospitals during the period 2007-2009 and find ways to improve the efficiency of inefficient hospitals.
Materials and Methods: A total of 65 SSO hospitals active during the period 2007-2009 were included in the study. Data envelopment analysis was used assuming constant return to scale of production (CRS). To distinguish between management and scale efficiency of hospital units, the study used input-oriented model (BCC) assuming variable return to scale (VRS).
Results: The findings showed that small hospitals with less than, and large hospitals with more than, 100 active beds have 11% and 8.8% surplus inputs, respectively, the surplus inputs being medical and nursing staff, other personnel, as well as active beds for hospital services. In addition, the impact factors of medical staff, nursing staff, other personnel, and active beds were 24%, 9.8%, 11.7% and 16.8% for small hospitals' efficiency and 25.7%, 18%, 21.7% and 30.7% for large hospitals' efficiency, respectively..
Conclusion: Considering the average scale and management scores derived for efficiency measurement, it is recommended that the Social Security Organization hospitals reduce their surplus costs and increase their output products and services to achieve the optimum level of efficiency.
Saeid Ebrahimi, Abolghasem Pourreza, Fereshteh Farzianpour, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani,
Volume 15, Issue 2 (9-2017)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Human resources in any organization are its main capital. They are the only unique asset that are not liable to depreciation over time, but they even create more added value. The Social Security Organization (SCO) as a social insurer organization needs urgent assessment of its human resource management. In this regard, it appears that such an essential assessment can be done using the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) model.
Materials and Methods: This project was an applied descriptive study conducted at the Social Security General Department in Tehran, Iran. The data collection tool was a standard questionnaire for performance assessment based on the EFQM model, the reliability of which (0.989) was determined by using the Cronbach's alpha coefficient. A total of 388 questionnaires were distributed, of which 311 were completed and returned to the researcher; the response rate was 81%. Analysis of the data was done using the SPSS-16 software.
Results: The human resource managers in the SCO achieved a score of 495.72. The empowerment and results dimensions rated 261.34 and 198.38, respectively. In the empowerment dimension, policy and strategy criteria had the highest score (56.12) and process the lowest (51.28), while in the results dimension, community criteria had the highest (50.27) and the customers criteria the lowest (51.18) score.
Conclusion: Based on the findings it can be concluded that the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) model is suitable for assessing both the performance, strengths and weaknesses of the Tehran Security General Department human resources and improving its performance. Certainly better implementation of programs and achieving excellence will be possible through sustainable collaboration.
Seyed Samad Beheshti, Ramin Moradi, Razieh Khalili Dare Bang,
Volume 18, Issue 2 (9-2020)
Abstract
Background and Aim: One of the dimensions of health is social health. Social health indicates, in a way, the inviolability of the identity aspects of individuals in the community. From among the factors affecting social health, a sense of social security both in its objective and mental dimensions has a particularly significant effect, and also a fundamental impact, on the efficiency of individuals in the society. In this study the relationship between the two variables ─ social security and social health ─ was investigated empirically.
Materials and Methods: This was a quantitative survey including a sample of 400 residents in Lende City, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran in 1398. Data were collected using questionnaires.
Results: The findings showed that there were statistically significant relationships between the sense of social security and social health in most of their domains (P <0.05). Modeling of structural equations between these two variables also showed that the sense of social security with a regression weight of 0.54 had an effect on social health in a way that this variable alone explained 29% of changes in social health, while gender had no effect in this regard.
Conclusion: On the basis of the findings it can be concluded that the sense of social security has significant effects on social health and efficiency of people in the society. Therefore, if a society can protect the identity components of its citizens in its different ethnic, religious, linguistic and national aspects and increase their level of social tolerance, then it will be possible to create better conditions for promoting the social health of individuals in that society.
Farahnaz Mohammadi-Shahboulaghi, Tahereh Ramezani, Dariush Panahizadeh, Sholeh Hazarian, Reza Fadayevatan,
Volume 19, Issue 4 (3-2022)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Delivering health services to the elderly is one of the most important responsibilities of the health care system of any country. In order to improve the provision of health services to the elderly population under its coverage, the National Social Security Organization conducted this study with the aim of designing, implementing and evaluating a model for providing outpatient health care services to the elderly population under the coverage of its Tehran Province Office.
Materials and Methods: This was a sequential-exploratory mixed-method study. The initial model was developed and validated using the integrated review method and the final model using the Delphi technique and group discussions with experts. Then the educational program was developed and implemented for the health team. Assessment of the effectiveness of the program was done using a researcher-made knowledge and attitude questionnaire (pre- and post-test). The model was then implemented in the Khandan-e-Hakim Clinic. The effectiveness of the model implementation was determined based on the qualitative content analysis of the interviews with the elderly and qualitative content analysis of the health team comments.
Results: The outpatient care model of the elderly included an organized clinical process consisting of 6 phases. The mean age of the health team members was 45.7±15.11 years. The difference between the health team satisfaction total scores before and after participating in the educational program was statistically significant (P≤0.05). Further analysis of the data showed, based on the interviews with the elderly, the main categories to be "assessment of cognitive function, mood and behavior", "physical assessment", "appreciation of the health and dignity of the elderly" and "satisfaction of the elderly and their companions". Analysis of the comments of the health team revealed their satisfaction with the implementation of the model.
Conclusion: The introduced model can make possible rapid identification of health problems and timely intervention in the elderly population. This implementation model will help disease prevention and complications at different levels. The findings of this study can help service providers to provide better care and health services for the elderly.
