解决医疗废物管理障碍:一个结构方程建模方法
Abhishek Raj1, Cherian Samuel1, Abhishek Kumar Singh2
1IIT BHU, Varanasi, India.
Health services management research
|July 3, 2023
概括
组织,废物处理和人力资源方面的障碍严重阻碍了印度的医疗废物管理 (HCWM). 组织障碍是最大的挑战,需要医院立即采取行动以改善.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医疗保健管理的管理
背景情况:
- 人口和经济的不断增长增加了医疗废物,这带来了挑战,特别是在发展中国家.
- 有效的医疗废物管理 (HCWM) 是至关重要的,但经常受到各种障碍的阻碍.
- 这项研究的重点是印度,这是一个发展中国家,面临着重大的HCWM挑战.
研究的目的:
- 检查组织,废物处理和人力资源障碍对印度HCWM部门的影响.
- 识别和分析影响医疗废物管理实践的具体障碍.
- 为分析影响HCWM的障碍物提供一个新的模型.
主要方法:
- 使用结构方程建模 (SEM) 来测试三个假设.
- 在印度向200名卫生专业人员分发了问卷.
- 分析了97个有效的响应,以确定关键障碍.
主要成果:
- 所有三个被调查的障碍类别 - - 组织,废物处理和人力资源 - - 都对HCWM产生了负面影响.
- 组织障碍被确定为有效HCWM的最重要障碍.
- 确定了15个不同的障碍,影响HCWM行业.
结论:
- 医院必须实施有针对性的战略,以克服已识别的组织,废物处理和人力资源障碍.
- 解决这些障碍对于改善印度等发展中国家的HCWM至关重要.
- 该研究为分析影响HCWM有效性的因素提供了一个独特的模型.
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