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Adaptation Strategies of Taiwan Hospitals under National Health Insurance

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Adapting an organization to changes in the environment is one of the main concerns of strategic management.

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To survive in the dynamic and competitive health care market under National Health Insurance, Taiwan hospitals often cope with external environmental changes by engaging in some adaptation strategies. However, there is a dearth of related research in Taiwan.

The study aims to supplement the understanding of the issue. The objectives of the present research are twofold: (1). To investigate adaptation strategies employed by Taiwan hospitals under the National Health Insurance.

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(2). To examine the influencing factors regarding the types of adaptation strategies among hospitals. The study population was all 462 district hospitals (and above) in Taiwan (year 2004 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 42.0%. The statistical analyses used were descriptive analysis, factor analysis, Chi-squared test and logistic regression analysis.

The results indicated that the most prevalent adaptation strategies adopted by hospitals were market-orientated ones. Predicting factors of adaptation strategies employed by hospitals included hospital level, etc.

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