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Evaluation Model for Hospital Response Capability for Public Health Emergency

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2020

Yan-shang Wang ,
Hua-jun Sun ,
Jia-chen Zou ,
Jie Ning  and
Yue Du Open the ORCID record for Yue Du [Opens in a new window]
Yan-shang Wang
Affiliation:
School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Heping District, Tianjin, China
Hua-jun Sun
Affiliation:
School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Heping District, Tianjin, China
Jia-chen Zou
Affiliation:
School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Heping District, Tianjin, China
Jie Ning
Affiliation:
School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Heping District, Tianjin, China
Yue Du*
Affiliation:
School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Heping District, Tianjin, China
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Correspondence and reprint requests to: Yue Du, PhD, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, 22# Qixiangtai Road, Tianjin, China (e-mail: [email protected]).
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Abstract

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.

Keywords

evaluation modelhospital response capabilitypublic health emergency
Type
Brief Report
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , August 2021 , pp. 403 - 408
Copyright
Copyright © 2020 Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.

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