Zhong, Shuang and Clark, Michele and Hou, Xiang-Yu and Zang, Yuli and FitzGerald, Gerard (2014) Validation of a framework for measuring hospital disaster resilience using factor analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 11 (6). pp. 6335-6353. ISSN 1660-4601
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Abstract
Hospital disaster resilience can be defined as “the ability of hospitals to resist, absorb, and respond to the shock of disasters while maintaining and surging essential health services, and then to recover to its original state or adapt to a new one.” This article aims to provide a framework which can be used to comprehensively measure hospital disaster resilience. An evaluation framework for assessing hospital resilience was initially proposed through a systematic literature review and Modified-Delphi consultation. Eight key domains were identified: hospital safety, command, communication and cooperation system, disaster plan, resource stockpile, staff capability, disaster training and drills, emergency services and surge capability, and recovery and adaptation. The data for this study were collected from 41 tertiary hospitals in Shandong Province in China, using a specially designed questionnaire. Factor analysis was conducted to determine the underpinning structure of the framework. It identified a four-factor structure of hospital resilience, namely, emergency medical response capability (F1), disaster management mechanisms (F2), hospital infrastructural safety (F3), and disaster resources (F4). These factors displayed good internal consistency. The overall level of hospital disaster resilience (F) was calculated using the scoring model: F = 0.615F1 + 0.202F2 + 0.103F3 + 0.080F4. This validated framework provides a new way to operationalise the concept of hospital resilience, and it is also a foundation for the further development of the measurement instrument in future studies.
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | No Faculty |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | No Faculty |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Sep 2021 06:23 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Sep 2021 06:23 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | disaster; evaluation framework; factor analysis; hospital resilience; preparedness |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 11 Medical and Health Sciences > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111706 Epidemiology 11 Medical and Health Sciences > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111709 Health Care Administration |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES > 3202 Clinical sciences > 320207 Emergency medicine 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4203 Health services and systems > 420306 Health care administration |
| Identification Number or DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110606335 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/42325 |
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