Accreditation as a management tool: a national survey of hospital managers’ perceptions and use of a mandatory accreditation program in Denmark

Table 2 Hospital managers’ attitudes towards and use of DDKM

Item	Attitudes towards DDKM				Use of DDKM
	n	Mean	SD	% Agree	n	Mean	SD	% Agree
Standardize care processes	536	3.82	0.90	74.6	484	3.75	0.93	71.0
Increase quality of care by identifying problems	536	3.40	0.96	50.4	488	3.39	1.00	50.2
Improve the organization of care	536	3.18	0.97	39.9	490	3.34	1.01	49.0
Improve care	535	3.27	0.85	42.4	485	3.16	0.98	39.6
Improve patient safety	535	3.81	0.84	72.6	499	3.69	0.93	70.5
Improve work environment	535	2.82	0.92	20.8	501	2.76	0.93	19.2
Improve quality in my organization/department	535	3.63	0.92	63.1	505	3.56	0.97	61.6
Increase patient satisfaction	535	2.96	0.88	23.9	488	2.94	0.91	24.4
Enhance the professional development of the staff	532	3.14	0.99	38.0	499	3.17	1.03	41.7
Enhance feedback from the staff to the management	532	2.95	0.92	26.3	495	3.00	0.97	29.5
Clarify roles in the organization	518	3.52	0.91	60.3	493	3.47	0.95	58.4
Clarify responsibility in the organization	518	3.68	0.88	68.1	493	3.60	0.92	65.9
Improve the organizations financial performance	518	2.64	0.92	15.4	488	2.70	0.97	18.9
Improve the reputation of my organization	518	3.09	0.90	32.8	485	3.05	1.00	33.6
Support the organization of administrative teams	518	2.87	0.88	23.1	496	2.89	0.97	25.7
Support the function of clinical teams	518	2.87	0.84	22.0	484	2.84	0.91	23.0
Support the function of interdisciplinary teams	518	2.97	0.91	27.8	485	2.99	0.96	31.3
Support the internal cooperation by promoting the same norms and speech	518	3.50	0.89	58.5	490	3.50	0.97	60.2
Support the cooperation with healthcare staff across sectors	518	3.36	0.90	49.4	486	3.07	0.98	35.4

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