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Does Transfer of Hospital Governance to Board of Trustees per se Lead to Improved Hospital Performance?

Keywords: Board of Trustees , Hospital , Bed Occupation Ratio , Average Patient Stay , Real Income

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Background and Objectives: Evidence shows that transfer of hospital governance to board of trustees can positively influence hospital performance. Iran has initiated implementing such a transformation and a number of hospitals have been involved in this reform. This study aimed to explore the effectiveness of such a reform by examining performance profile of a sample hospital across the intervention time segment.Methods: Data was collected in 2011 from a university hospital affiliated with the Ministry of Health and Medical Education. Bed Occupation Ratio, Average Patient Stay, and Real Hospital Income were selected as the target per-formance measures. Data was collected on a seasonal basis by reviewing hospital performance reports within the period of 3.5 years prior and 3.5 years after the intervention. The data were analyzed using the interrupted time series analysis. P < 0.05 was considered as statistical significance.Findings: Transfer of hospital governance to the board of trustees per se does not lead to improved hos-pital performance.Conclusions: Realizing the advantages of board-of-trustee-based hospital governance would be contingent on identifying and fulfilling prerequisite conditions. To this aim, further research at both government and organizational levels is required.

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