Universität zu Köln

Pfaff, Holger ORCID: 0000-0001-9154-6575, Hammer, Antje, Ballester, Marta ORCID: 0000-0002-7803-8354, Schubin, Kristina, Swora, Michael and Sunol, Rosa ORCID: 0000-0003-1902-833X (2021). Social determinants of the impact of hospital management boards on quality management: a study of 109 European hospitals using a parsonian approach. BMC Health Serv. Res., 21 (1). LONDON: BMC. ISSN 1472-6963

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Abstract

Background The consolidated framework for implementation research states that personal leadership matters in quality management implementation. However, it remains to be answered which characteristics of plural leadership in hospital management boards make them impactful. The present study focuses on social determinants of implementation power of hospital boards using Talcott Parsons' sociological concept of adaptation, goal attainment, integration, and latency (AGIL), focusing on the G (goal attainment) and I (integration) factors of this concept. The study aims to test the hypothesis that hospitals with management boards that are oriented toward the quality goal (G) and socially integrated (I) (GI boards) are better at implementing quality management than hospitals with boards lacking these characteristics (non-GI boards). Methods A cross-sectional mixed-method design was used for data collection in 109 randomly selected hospitals in seven European countries. Data is based on the study Deepening our understanding of quality improvement in Europe (DUQUE). We used responses from (a) hospitals' chief executive officers to measure the variable social integration and the variable quality orientation of the board and (b) responses from quality managers to measure the degree of implementation of the quality management system. We developed the GI index measuring the combination of goal-orientation and integration. A multiple linear regression analysis was performed. Results Hospitals with management boards that are quality oriented and socially integrated (GI boards) had significantly higher scores on the quality management system index than hospitals with boards scoring low on these features, when controlled for several context factors. Conclusions Our findings suggest that the implementation power of hospital management boards is higher if there is a sense of unity and purpose within the boards. Thus, to improve quality management, it could be worthwhile to increase boards' social capital and to increase time designated for quality management in board meetings.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Pfaff, Holger UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-9154-6575 UNSPECIFIED Hammer, Antje UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Ballester, Marta UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-7803-8354 UNSPECIFIED Schubin, Kristina UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Swora, Michael UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Sunol, Rosa UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-1902-833X UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-575220
DOI:	10.1186/s12913-020-06053-0
Journal or Publication Title:	BMC Health Serv. Res.
Volume:	21
Number:	1
Date:	2021
Publisher:	BMC
Place of Publication:	LONDON
ISSN:	1472-6963
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Health Care Sciences & Services Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/57522