Assessment of Relationship Between Hospital Resource Management Capacity and Characteristics of Hospitals and Managers

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of the study is to investigate the relationship between hospital resource management capacity and hospital and manager characteristics.
 
 Methods : The study was conducted on 41 hospitals affiliated to the Ministry of Health of Turkey in Istanbul and Ankara and 232 hospital managers working in these hospitals. Primary and secondary data sources were used as data collection methods. In the first part of the survey, which is used as the primary data source, the questions related to the duties of the managers, gender, total management time, the period of management in the hospital, formal management training, organizational and professional commitment and identification levels and hospital capacity management levels were included, which is used as the primary data source. As the secondary data source, hospital statistics were applied and data related to the characteristics of the hospitals. 
 
 Results: Exploratory factor analysis was performed to determine whether the questions used to evaluate the resource management capacity of the hospitals were structurally valid. As a result of exploratory analysis, a three-factor structure consisting of equipment, workforce and facility dimensions was reached, and the confirmatory factor analysis conducted to test the accuracy of this structure was found to be acceptable for the goodness of fit values. As a result of the structural equation model used in the study, the type of hospitals and the number of medical specialties, and the gender of the managers have significant effects on the resource management capacity of hospitals (p 0.05).
 
 Conclusion: According to the findings, resource management capacities of specialty hospitals are at a better level than general hospitals. This result shows that the type of service and the scope of service in specialty hospitals are clearly defined. Even if the number of medical specialties becomes more complex in the findings, the resource management capacity of the hospitals is managed more successfully. In the last findings, it was concluded that female managers are more successful in evaluating resource management capacity.