CHSJ

Curr Health Sci J, vol. 49, no. 2, 2023

Comparative Statistical Analysis of Key Performance Indicators in the Health System

[Original Paper]

L Mirescu(1), AMC Popescu(2), IM Dragomir(3)


(1)PhD Student, Doctoral School, University of Craiova, Romania,
(2)Student, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania,
(3)Department of Public Health and Management, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania


Abstract:

In this paper, a comparative statistical analysis of some performance indicators from the health system at SCJU Craiova and SJU Slatina is made in the period 2010-2021. Also, the correlations between the average duration of hospitalization, the bed utilization rate, the number of cases and the case complexity index for each hospital are studied. It is found that there are similarities, but also statistically significant differences between the two analyzed hospitals. Thus, it turns out that there are no significant differences between the bed utilization rate and the complexity index between the two hospitals, but there are statistically significant differences at a significance threshold of 5% between the average duration of hospitalization and the number of cases registered at the two hospitals analyzed. Moreover, the case complexity index is strongly negatively correlated with the bed utilization rate and with the number of cases in both hospitals, but positively correlated with the average duration of hospitalization at SCJU Craiova and weakly negatively correlated at SJU Slatina.


Keywords: Performance indicators, health system, comparative statistical analysis, health management.



Corresponding: Ana-Maria Camelia Popescu, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania, e-mail: liviunew@yahoo.com


DOI 10.12865/CHSJ.49.02.09 - Download PDF
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