Effective Governance for Healthcare Administration in Pakistan Public Hospitals
- DOI
- 10.2991/aebmr.k.220209.045How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Covid-19; Good Governance; Hospital Administrators; Health Outcomes; Public Hospitals; Pakistan
- Abstract
Covid-19 pandemic is a significant risk that compels hospital administrators to manage in an agile manner. Good governance requires hospitals to react in an active and effective oversight to manage the crisis in a new normal governance environment. This study, therefore, aims to examine the influence of accountability, equity, responsiveness, and transparency on how well public healthcare hospitals in Pakistan deal with the crisis. The data were collected from 247 patients of public healthcare hospitals of Multan district, Pakistan using systematic random sampling. The collected data were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM) with the help of Smart PLS 3.2.7. The results of the analysis showed that equity, responsiveness, and transparency have a significant impact on the health outcomes of patients. However, accountability appears to be an insignificant influencer to health outcomes. The results of the analysis can be helpful to hospital administrators, policy-makers, and hospital boards to implement clear roles, sound structures, and transparent processes to ensure sustainable good governance practices. The current environment provides a good opportunity for all actors in the healthcare industry to reflect the old practices and slowly makes a transition to apply best governance practices in the current wave of covid-19 crisis that we are currently facing.
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- © 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Ahmad Martadha B Mohamed AU - Dawood Nawaz PY - 2022 DA - 2022/03/01 TI - Effective Governance for Healthcare Administration in Pakistan Public Hospitals BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Public Organization (ICONPO 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 335 EP - 342 SN - 2352-5428 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.220209.045 DO - 10.2991/aebmr.k.220209.045 ID - Mohamed2022 ER -