Determine an Equation to Calculate the Annual Maintenance Cost for Public Hospitals(Al Sader City Hospital as a Case Study
Maintenance of hospital buildings and its management are regarded as an important subject which needs attention because hospital buildings are service institutions which are very important to a society, requiring the search for the best procedure to develop maintenance in hospitals.The...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Baghdad
2016-02-01
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| Series: | Journal of Engineering |
| Online Access: | https://www.jcoeng.edu.iq/index.php/main/article/view/67/59 |
| Summary: | Maintenance of hospital buildings and its management are regarded as an important subject which needs attention because hospital buildings are service institutions which are very important to a society, requiring the search for the best procedure to develop maintenance in hospitals.The research is aimedto determine an equationto estimatethe annual maintenance cost for publichospital. To achieve this aim, Al-Sader City Hospital maintenance system in Al-Najaf province has been studied with its main elements throughsurvey of data, records and reports relating to maintenance during the years of the study 2008-2014andto identify the strengths,weaknesses, opportunities and threatpoints in the current systemthrough Swat analysis, which represents " analyzing the internal factors represented by strengths and weaknesses points and the external factors represented by opportunities and threats," [41].On the basis of that, an equation has been obtained toestimate the cost of annual maintenance. To achieve this aim,the following issues shouldbe taken intoconsideration:Studying the actual workprogramof the maintenance department in Al-Sader Hospital,Identifying the procedures used in maintenance and ways they are implemented,Studying the maintenance records and reports,Holding interviewswith the manager of maintenance and its staff to integrate the information andIntegrating theanalysis of maintenance cost by using statistical analysis system (ASA 2012).To assess the validity of the model for the annual maintenance cost, the predicted values of the equation are plotted against the actual measured (observed) values.Based on thevalidation data set,the coefficient of determination (R) wasfoundto beequal to (82.5%), therefore it can be concluded that the developed equation showedmoderate agreement with the actual measurements.Finally, it can be concluded from the studythat,the developed equationshould be applied in hospital to overcome the problems and weak points of the current system and to estimatethe annual maintenance cost for hospitals based onthe scientific method. |
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| ISSN: | 1726-4073 2520-3339 |