Perceptions of Hospital Staff on the General Cancer Certification Program – Cases of Eight Pre-evaluated Hospitals

• Main Authors: Chiou-Mei Liu, 劉湫美
• Other Authors: Kuo-Cherh Huang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/57863593996997972671

碩士 === 臺北醫學大學 === 醫務管理學研究所 === 96 === The main purpose of this research was to understand hospital staffs perceptions of approved standards and potential benefits of the〝General Cancer Certification Program〞which was administed by the Bureau of Health Promotion(BHP) in 2007. The study population included 295 staff members at 8 hospitals that have participated in the General Cancer Certification Program. Structured questionnaires were delivered to the respondents to collect need information. T-test and one-way ANOVA were used to analyze related variables such as demographic characteristic of respondents and hospital characteristics. Furthermore, respondents’perceptions of approved standards and potential benefits of this program were also examined. Multiple regression analysis was used to examine the effects of independent variables on dependent variables. Results indicated that demographic characteristics including sex, age, job position, the highest education, total working years and relevant experience of cancer diagnosis and treatments, would affect staffs’perceptions of the approved standards. And age, job position, hospital level and hospital volume of cancer patients in 2005, would influence staffs’perceptions of potential benefits of this program. The findings of this research also showed that hospital staffs were positive that this program can improve cancer care quality. Based on the findings, some recommendations to BHP were proposed: (1) Assisting hospitals in preparing related documents when participates the Cancer Certification Program. (2) Having an education program in place for surveyors to establishing their rating consistency. (3) Under the current global budget system, the budget of cancer prevention and treatment is limited. Therefore, the government should consider allocating some budget exclusively to promote cancer care quality. (4) Encouraging hospitals to participate the program with financial incentives.