evaluation of hospital accreditation in indonesia by the hospital ...

MATERIAL AND METHOD OF RESEARCH
This study is a descriptive study. Subjects were KARS accredited
hospitals in Indonesia. Data collection of the impact of hospital accreditation
on quality of hospitals conducted by mailed questionnaire that was developed
from previous studies 7 and sent to 181 hospitals selected as a sample. This
questionnaire also contained open questions to obtain information about how
accreditation influenced the quality of hospital and suggested improvements
to the accreditation system developed by KARS.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Respondents who responded to the questionnaires were 84 hospitals
(46, 4%) out of 181 hospitals that were in the sample frame. Most of the
hospitals who returned the questionnaire were private ones (47 or 56%). Most
of them are type C hospitals (52.4%) while type A hospitals are least to return
the questionnaire (4.8%) and most of them (39.3%) are from hospitals that
have 100 – 200 beds. In addition there were 10 hospitals (11.9%) who
declined to provide answers in detail.
RESULTS
Impact of Accreditation
Respondents generally agreed that the accreditation have an impact
on hospital quality improvement. A total of 95.8% RS agreed that
accreditation encourages the involvement of hospital staff and 83.9% RS
agreed the impact of accreditation on hospital quality efforts. But the number
of hospitals that agree on the impact of hospital accreditation on clinical
performance is only 61.5% (Table 1).
Table 1. Average Hospital Perceptions on Impact of KARS Accreditation
Statement Disagree Agree
S % S %
A. Hospital staff involvement (Up to Executive) In the 4 4.2 80 95.8
process of hospital accreditation.
B. Impact of KARS Accreditation on Hospital Quality 13 16.1 70 83.9
Efforts
C.Impact Of Hospital KARS Accreditation on 32 38.5 52 61.5
performance