Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic Of Iran
مجله پزشکی جمهوری اسلامی ایران
Med J Islam Repub Iran
Medical Sciences
http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir
2
journal2
1016-1430
2251-6840
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10.18869/mjiri
14
8888
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jalali
1397
11
1
gregorian
2019
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Designing and validating a measuring tool for the factors affecting the distribution of hospitals' intensive care beds in Iran
Health Management and Economics
Health Management and Economics
Original Research
Original Research
<strong>Background: </strong>Hospital services are the most expensive medical service in modern health care systems. Intense care beds, in particular, are more important. The present study was conducted to design and validate a measuring tool for the factors affecting the distribution of hospitals' intensive care beds in Iran.<br>
<strong> Methods:</strong> In this mixed method study, first, all known factors affecting the distribution of hospitals' intensive care beds were extracted by reviewing related literature. Then, all 60 confirmed items were categorized into different dimensions. Face validity and content validity of the questionnaire was done by 20 medical experts through qualitative and quantitative methods. Validity and reliability indices, content validity index (CVI), content validity ratio (CVR), and Cronbach's alpha were measured. SPSS software were used for data analysis and significance level was set at less than .05.<br>
<strong>Results:</strong> From the 60 suggested items, 34 were confirmed by the expert panels and all items had CVR and CVI scores higher than 0.83 and 0.81, respectively. CVR and CVI for all 34 items were 0.88 and 0.89, respectively. Also, Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.75) indicated a suitable internal consistency. The value of S-CVI / Ave was also calculated to be 0.92.<br>
<strong>Conclusion: </strong>In this study, a valid tool was designed to identify the factors affecting the distribution of hospitals' intensive care beds. This tool consists of 6 dimensions: demographic, geographic, economic, sociopolitical, organizational, and constructional. <br>
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Intensive care beds, Rationing intensive care beds, Distribution of beds
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http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-5061-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1
Nahid
Farrokhyar
farokhyar@yahoo.com
200319475328460062514
200319475328460062514
No
Department of Health Services Management, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Khalil
Alimohammadzadeh
dr_khalil_amz@yahoo.com
200319475328460062515
200319475328460062515
Yes
Department of Health Services Management, North Tehran Branch & Health Economics Policy Research Center, Tehran Medical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Ali
Maher
dralimaher@gmail.com
200319475328460062516
200319475328460062516
No
Department of Health Policy, School of Management and Medical Education, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Seyed Mojtaba
Hosseini
hosseinisch@yahoo.com
200319475328460062517
200319475328460062517
No
Department of Health Services Management, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Mohammadkarim
Bahadori
bahadori_57@yahoo.com
200319475328460062518
200319475328460062518
No
Health Management Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran