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Evaluation Model for Hospital Response Capability for Public Health Emergency
Yan-Shang Wang1, Hua-Jun Sun1, Jia-Chen Zou1
1School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Heping District, Tianjin, China.
Objectives:
We aimed to explore and create an evaluation model to assess hospital response capability for a public health emergency (PHE).
Methods:
Grounded theory was used to construct a comprehensive evaluation index system. Combining with the index system and previous studies and policy documents, we investigated surge capability of hospitals in a PHE. The factor analysis method was used to establish the model.
Results:
The comprehensive evaluation system with 11 primary and 30 secondary indicators was constructed. A total of 89 secondary and tertiary hospitals were surveyed in China. The evaluation model (C = 0.587C1 + 0.151C2 + 0.140C3 + 0.122C4) was established. Four factors were identified, namely, preparation factor, treatment factor, emergency awareness factor, and prehospital first-aid factor.
Conclusions:
A public health emergency could bring huge losses and a capable hospital response was necessary. There was an urgent need to evaluate hospital capability for a PHE.
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