Publication Type

PhD Dissertation

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

4-2024

Abstract

Medical equipment, as a core component of a hospital’s fixed assets, provides essential support and assurance for the hospital to deliver medical services and enhance competitiveness. The operation of public hospitals in China is a top priority for deepening medical reforms. As hospitals transition from focusing on revenue to centering on costs, comprehensive management of medical equipment becomes a critical aspect of hospital operation management. In the scenario of utilizing the management service outsourcing mode for comprehensive management of medical equipment, equipment performance naturally becomes a topic of special interest in the industry.

Given this, this study aims to investigate how the full life cycle management mode of medical equipment influences equipment performance in Chinese public hospitals that employ medical equipment management outsourcing. These goals entail: (1) Expanding the theory on the connection between medical equipment management outsourcing and performance; (2) Enhancing the critical aspects of medical equipment full life cycle management and constructing a methodical model for the relationship between medical equipment management outsourcing (full life cycle management) and performance; (3) Validating the influence of medical equipment management outsourcing on performance through the difference-in-differences (DID) model; (4) Utilizing the questionnaire survey to confirm the impact of medical equipment’s full life cycle management on performance within the outsourcing mode, and investigating how different medical equipment categories affect medical equipment management outsourcing and performance.

Empirical Research 1 indicates a positive correlation of medical equipment management outsourcing (full life cycle management) with both financial and non-financial performance. Empirical Research 2 reveals that within the outsourcing mode, medical equipment management outsourcing correlates positively with financial performance, non-financial performance, and performance. Additionally, the medical equipment category exerts a positive impact on management outsourcing and financial performance, as well as performance; however, it does not have any effect on management outsourcing and non-financial performance.

This study indicates that Chinese public hospitals implementing medical equipment management outsourcing and full life cycle management can notably boost equipment utilization rates, enhance clinical satisfaction, and improve equipment performance. Concentrating on high-risk and large-scale equipment can enhance the financial performance of equipment while ensuring the safe and effective operation of all equipments can provide crucial support for core diagnosis and treatment services. The research has explored an interdisciplinary research methodology, enriched the theory of outsourcing in professional specialization, and establishing a medical equipment management system with Chinese characteristics.

Due to limitations in my academic expertise and objective conditions, this study still has many constraints and shortcomings, which require further exploration in the future.

Keywords

medical equipment management outsourcing, medical equipment full life cycle management, performance

Degree Awarded

Doctor of Business Administration (Innovation)

Discipline

Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Finance and Financial Management

Supervisor(s)

LIANG, Hao

First Page

1

Last Page

119

Publisher

Singapore Management University

City or Country

Singapore

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