Identifying Healthcare Management Obstacles Through The Eyes Of Healthcare Managers
- DOI
- 10.2991/phico-17.2018.8How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- healthcare obstacle; management obstacle; healthcare manager
- Abstract
The demand for healthcare services often exceeds available resources, yet healthcare managers were expected to deliver better healthcare services. Healthcare management obstacles could either make or break the healthcare manager and bring about a few kinds of performance outcome; successful, mediocre outcome or failure. The aim of the study was to identify the factors of healthcare management obstacles and the healthcare managers’ perceptions of their ability to cope with these obstacles. Doctors in management answered self-administered driver of managerial questionnaires on rules, initiatives, emotions, immediate actions and integrity. Data were analysed using descriptive analysis and linear regression. Immediate action posed the hardest obstacles to cope. Emotions were perceived as the easiest obstacles to cope. Duration as manager was a significant factor to bring about lower obstacles to driver of rules (b=0.02, p<0.05) and driver of initiatives (b=0.02, p<0.05). Working in the health office was significantly perceived to have higher obstacles to emotions (b= -0.18, p<0.05). Healthcare manager perceived obstacles encountered, in descending order of difficulty, are immediate actions, rules, initiatives, integrity and lastly emotions. The findings from this study provide insights as to what was needed to strengthen in overcoming obstacles in healthcare management.
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- © 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Wye Lee Chiew AU - Aniza Ismail PY - 2017/12 DA - 2017/12 TI - Identifying Healthcare Management Obstacles Through The Eyes Of Healthcare Managers BT - Proceedings of the 2nd Public Health International Conference (PHICo 2017) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 32 EP - 36 SN - 2468-5739 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/phico-17.2018.8 DO - 10.2991/phico-17.2018.8 ID - LeeChiew2017/12 ER -