Deducing Improvement Schemes for Public Medical Centers through Annual Progress Analysis

Kim, Yong-Tea; Kim, Yang-Kyun

Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management > Volume 37(3); 2009 > Article

Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management 2009;37(3): 123-.

공공의료기관의 효율성 개선방안에 대한 연도별 추이분석

김용태¹, 김양균²

¹경희대학교 행정학과
²경희대학교 의료경영학과

Deducing Improvement Schemes for Public Medical Centers through Annual Progress Analysis

Yong-Tea Kim¹, Yang-Kyun Kim²

¹Dept of Public Administration, Kyung Hee University
²Dept. of Health Service Management, Kyung Hee University

ABSTRACT

This study examines the relative efficiency of 34 local public medical centers in Korea. In order to concretely grasp the causes of inefficiency and suggest improvement solutions, the desirable set point was established based on the actual value which needs to be improved. As a result of analysis, we determined that output must be increased while input is held constant in order to improve effectiveness through the actual value and set point. Efficiency cannot be achieved if input is augmented solely to increase output. Also, to increase output, the medical centers need to improve their quality without increasing any input for customer visits and hospitalizations. Further, in order to strategically promote effectiveness and efficiency of local public medical centers, these medical centers must focus on input resource and patient interchange through the mutual cooperation with local private hospitals and university medical centers.

Key Words: local public medical centers;relative efficiency;DEA;effectiveness;