Korea Journal of Hospital Management (한국병원경영학회지)
- Volume 1 Issue 1
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- Pages.21-36
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- 1996
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- 1226-6299(pISSN)
The Factors affecting the Level of Fixed Assets Management in General Hospitals
종합병원 자산관리 정도 및 요인 분석
- Seo, Young-Geun (Dept. of Management for Equipment and Material, Yonsei University Medical Center) ;
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Yu, Seung-Hum
(Dept. Preventive Medicine, and Public Health College of Medicine, Yonsei University) ;
- Lee, Hae-Jong (Dept. Health Administration, School of Health Science, Yonsei University) ;
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Park, Eun-Cheol
(Dept. Preventive Medicine, and Public Health College of Medicine, Yonsei University)
- Published : 1996.12.13
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the level of fixed assets management of the factors affecting its management level. The surveyed data were gathered from 105 general hospitals among 263 general hospitals nationwide. The level of fixed assets management was measured by 11 dimensions of assets management. The results were as follows : 1. According to general characteristics of hospitals, the management level of public hospitals and corporatized hospitals was better than that of private hospitals. The management level was better as increasing beds. 2. In the structural characteristics of assets management, the management level of the hospitals which had the responsible person for assets management was better than that of the hospitals which had not. 3. In the operating characteristics of assets management, the hospitals that conducted education for the job had better level of assets management that did not it. The hospital that the discard of assets was decided by engineering department or management department were better in management level than the hospitals that it was decided by user department. The management level of hospitals which were computerized for assets management was better. 4. In the full model, the most factors affecting the level of assets management were the factors that were characterized by operation pattern of assets management, and the operating characteristics of assets management were explained to 23.1% of total 45.7%. Conclusively, the level of assets management was mostly affected by the operating characteristics of assets management which were education for the job, discard decision not by user department, computerization for assets management. Therefore, hospitals perform education of the job, discard decision by engineering or management department, and computerization for better level of fixed assets management