Data · dataset · 2006
Research on Competitive Advantages in the Hospital Industry: Evaluating Strategic Competencies
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The objective of the present research was to examine the relationships among hospital industry structure, hospitals’ resources, hospitals’ relations, and hospitals’ strategic competencies, with the intention of decomposing the sources of competitive advantage of hospitals.
Description
The study population was all 495 district hospitals (and above) in Taiwan (year 2003 data). Structured questionnaires were mailed to each hospital.
After two rounds of mailing, the final effective sample size was 194, with the effective response rate of 39.8%. The statistical analyses used were descriptive analysis, one-way ANOVA, Scheffe’s method and multiple regression analysis. The results indicated that the most prevalent strategic behavior adopted by hospitals was low cost, followed by horizontal and vertical integration.
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As for enhancing strategic competencies of hospitals, respondents cited the differentiation strategy and belonging to a hospital chain as the most important factors.
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