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Applying the Balanced Scorecard to Build Service Performance Measurements of Medical Institutions: An AHP-DEMATEL Approach

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  • Chieh-Yu Lin

    (Department of International Business, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan 71101, Taiwan)

  • Fu-Chiang Shih

    (Ph.D. Program in Business and Operations Management, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan 71101, Taiwan)

  • Yi-Hui Ho

    (Department of International Business, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan 71101, Taiwan)

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to explore the application of the balanced scorecard (BSC) to service performance measurements of medical institutions using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and decision making and trial evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL). According to the concept of BSC, a total of four evaluation dimensions and twenty-two indicators of medical service performance measurements were developed. To collect data, this study delivered expert questionnaires to medical-related professional supervisors, deans, and heads of medical institutions in Taiwan. By combining the AHP and DEMATEL, the priority and causality of service performance standards in medical institutions were obtained. The results of this study show that the customer dimension is the most important service performance measurement dimension for medical institutions. The seven key service performance measurement indicators that are most important for medical institutions, in order, are “complete and comfortable equipment”, “competitiveness of the medical profession”, “continuity of patient-to-hospital treatment”, “classification of medical profession according to customers (VIP system)”, “complete medical service”, “complete salary, remuneration, and policy”, and “medical incomes of institutions”. In terms of causality, provided the complete services of medical institutions are improved, the continuity of patient-to-hospital treatment, the competitiveness of the medical profession, and the medical incomes of institutions would be influenced.

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  • Chieh-Yu Lin & Fu-Chiang Shih & Yi-Hui Ho, 2023. "Applying the Balanced Scorecard to Build Service Performance Measurements of Medical Institutions: An AHP-DEMATEL Approach," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(2), pages 1-17, January.
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