IDENTIFYING AND PRIORITIZING TRANSFERRABLE THERAPEUTIC UNITS WITH ANALYTIC HIERARCHICAL PROCESS (AHP) IN MEDICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF SHIRAZ IN 2015
Journal Title: International Journal of Research and Development in Pharmacy & Life Sciences (IJRDPL) - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 6
Abstract
Introduction: Concerning the increasing growth of outsourcing in health services of hospitals, increase of productivity and promotion of service qualities, identification, and priority of suitable units and their transfer to non-governmental sector can be a solution for policy makers of health system Method: This is a descriptive-qualitative study and the authors identified outsourcing indices of health services, criteria, and sub-criteria using related documents and opinions of experts. Then hierarchical structure was designed and after completion of the questionnaire of pairwise comparison of indices and outsourcing units via 15 experts in outsourcing field, data were analyzed and ranked using EXPERT CHOICE software. Results: Pairwise comparison of outsourcing indices showed that the index of performance monitoring has the highest importance in outsourcing and the unit of injection & wound bandage has the highest priority for transfer among transferrable therapeutic units. Discussion and conclusion: Concerning previous trend of health service outsourcing and choosing units without paying attention to codified indices, one of requirements of health & treatment system is to use indices and to prioritize units in decision making of policy makers and managers of health system in order to prevent losses of system due to choosing improper units.
Authors and Affiliations
Mehdi Kalantari Meybodi| Department of Healthcare Management, Fars Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht Iran, Shaghayegh Vahdat| Department of Healthcare Management, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran, Somayeh Hessam| Department of Health Services Administration, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran
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