Apinya Vijitmakthong. The value proposition of outpatient service by outpatient in civil servant medical benefit scheme (CSMBS) perspective at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital . Master's Degree(Pharmacy Administration). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2004.
The value proposition of outpatient service by outpatient in civil servant medical benefit scheme (CSMBS) perspective at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to assess the CSMBS patient’s value proposition
of outpatient service in term of importance and performance and the decision of health
service utilization at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital. The interviewing
questionnaire was used for collecting data from the 358 civil servants who received
outpatient service during April and May, 2004. The questionnaire included important
and performance assessment, general information and factors affecting the patient’s
decision in selecting hospital.
The results showed that the model of the CSMBS patients profile of the
hospital is an hourglass model. The best managing of this model is to increase patients
who are recommended by new patients as many as possible by providing existing
patients on recommendations and getting referred for the next utilization.
This study classified the CSMBS patients by patient’s decision to select service
hospital, if CSMBS changes its reimbursement to capitation, into three groups. The
first group was 70.4 % of CSMBS patient that who select King Chulalongkorn
Memorial Hospital to be a service hospital. The second group was 6.1% of CSMBS
patients who select other hospital and the last group was 23.5 % of CSMBS patients
who could not make decision. Factors affecting their decisions were “modern
technology equipment”, “confidence in doctor and officer ability” and “government
hospital”
From assessment of the CSMBS patient’s value proposition of outpatient
service by importance-performance rating technique, it was found that there were two
important services which were not at the desired performance level. The hospital
should concentrate on improving these. They were “Having guarantee waiting time in
each service center” and “Adequate car park”. Most services are being performed well.
They were the valuable propositions of the outpatient service. Two valuable
propositions in service dimension of CSMBS patients were “medical service by
physician” and “pharmacy service”.