Fallah-Aliabadi, S; Ostadtaghizadeh, A; Fatemi, F; Ardalan, A; Rezaei, E; Raadabadi, M and Heydari, A (2022) Hospital disaster resilience: Development of an assessment tool using expert panel and fuzzy analytical network process. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 13(5), pp. 554-567. ISSN 1759-5916
Abstract
Purpose: Resilient hospitals have the vital role in reducing mortality, severity of injuries by providing required emergency services during accidents and disasters. This study aims to identify and prioritize key indicators on hospital resilience. Design/methodology/approach: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2019. The draft of the indicators obtained from the systematic review of the previous study was finalized, with three expert panel sessions and 14 experts in resilience fields. The outputs of these sessions were divided into three domains including constructive resilience, infrastructural resilience and administrative resilience, 17 sub-domains and 71 indicators. Then fuzzy analytic network process method was used to weight and prioritize the final indicators of hospital disaster resilience. Findings: Administrative resilience, logistic and financial management and strategic outsourcing agreement allocated the highest weight as domain, sub-domains and indicators, respectively. The weight of each sub-domain and indicator was also determined. Originality/value: Investigating the weight of domains, sub-domains and indicators shows the importance of managerial and operational issues in hospital resilience. By using the indicators and relative weights, a tool for measuring hospital disaster resilience can be created in further studies. The output of these assessments is effective in promoting safety and increasing awareness of hospital managers and health policymakers.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | analytic network process; built environment; disaster; disaster mitigation; fuzzy analytic network process; hospital; infrastructure; resilience |
| Index terms: | disaster mitigation, mortality, outsourcing, financial management, built environment, injury, systematic literature review, methodology, disaster resilience, manager, key indicator, analytic network process |
| Subjects: | business, health conditions and diseases, practitioner, environmental hazards, project delivery, health monitoring assessment and metrics, research methods, research evaluation and metrics, infrastructure and transport systems, climate science, economic analysis, decision-making and optimization |
| Topics: | Research Practice, Project Management, Health and Safety, Roles and Professions, Sustainability, Urban Studies, Procurement, Business Strategy |
| Descriptive scope: | 5 PCTEA |
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