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

Ellis, Louise A.; Nicolaisen, Anne; Bie Bogh, Søren; Churruca, Kate; Braithwaite, Jeffrey; von Plessen, Christian

doi:10.1186/s12913-020-05177-7

Table 3 Simple regression analysis for variables predicting attitudes towards and use of DDKM

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

	Attitudes towards DDKM			Use of DDKM
	β	t	95% CI	β	t	95% CI
Standardize care processes
Age	−0.03	−.60	−.02 – .01	−.16	−3.04**	−.04 – −.01
Years in role	.07	1.57	-.01 – .11	−.02	−.42	−.08 – .05
Management level	−.08	− 1.92	−.39 – .01	−.04	−.84	−.31 – .13
Region	.18	4.13**	.18 – .50	.18	3.89**	.17 – .53
Increase quality of care by identifying problems
Age	.00	−.03	−.02 – .01	−.06	− 1.14	−.03 – .01
Years in role	.10	2.31*	.01 – .14	.06	1.18	−.03 – .12
Management level	−.05	− 1.13	−.34 – .09	−.02	−.33	−.27 – .20
Region	.14	3.30**	.12 – .46	.16	3.41**	.14 – .52
Improve the organization of care
Age	−.02	−.41	−.02 – .01	−.10	− 1.94	−.03 – .00
Years in role	.11	2.61**	.02 – .15	.01	.11	−.07 – .08
Management level	.03	.71	−.14 – .29	.02	.33	−.20 – .28
Region	.09	2.07*	.01 – .36	.16	3.38**	.14 – .52
Improve care
Age	.01	.17	−.01 – .02	−.06	− 1.19	−.03 – .01
Years in role	.06	1.30	−.02 – .16	.02	.41	−.06 – .09
Management level	−.09	−2.14*	−.41 – -.02	−.01	−.21	−.25 – .20
Region	.14	3.14**	.09 – .41	.14	2.89**	.09 – .46
Improve patient safety
Age	−.01	−.24	−.01 – .01	−.05	− 1.01	−.02 – .01
Years in role	.06	1.28	−.02 – .09	.01	.14	−.06 – .07
Management level	−.08	− 1.70	−.35 – .03	−.05	− 1.01	−.33 – .11
Region	.20	4.68**	.21 – .50	.15	3.24**	.12 – .47
Improve work environment
Age	.00	−.02	−.01 – .01	−.07	−1.39	−.03 – .01
Years in role	.03	.70	−.04 – .08	.03	.57	−.05 – .09
Management level	−.03	−.72	−.28 – .13	−.02	−.46	−.27 – .17
Region	.12	2.68**	.06 – .39	.10	2.19*	.02 – .38
Improve quality in my organization/department
Age	−.04	−.77	−.02 — .01	−.07	− 1.33	−.03 – .01
Years in role	.00	.01	−.06 – .06	.04	.74	−.04 – .10
Management level	−.02	−.42	−.25 – .16	−.02	−.43	−.28 – .18
Region	.16	3.71**	.14 – .47	.18	3.76**	.17 – .54
Increase patient satisfaction
Age	.00	.07	−.01 – .01	−.07	− 1.35	−.03 – .01
Years in role	.11	2.47*	.02 – .13	.02	.33	−.05 – .08
Management level	.03	.68	−.13 – .26	−.02	−.33	−.25 – .18
Region	.12	2.77**	.06 – .38	.14	3.03**	.09 – .44
Enhance the professional development of the staff
Age	.03	.62	−.01 – 0.2	−.03	−.62	−.02 – .01
Years in role	.06	1.41	−.02 – .11	.00	.03	−.07 – .08
Management level	.00	.06	−.21 – .23	.03	.56	−.17 – .31
Region	.14	3.31**	.12 – .47	.11	2.43*	.05 – .44
Enhance feedback from the staff to the management
Age	.06	1.28	−.01 – .02	−.04	−.76	−.02 – .01
Years in role	.09	2.05*	.00 – .13	−.00	−.02	−.07 – .07
Management level	−.08	− 1.85	−.40 – .01	−.08	− 1.73	−.42 – .03
Region	.15	3.48**	.13 – .45	.18	3.80**	.17 – .53
Clarify roles in the organization
Age	−.03	−.64	−.02 – .01	−.01	−.16	−.02 – .02
Years in role	.03	.57	−.04 – .08	.01	.13	−.07 – .07
Management level	−.01	−.12	−.21 – .19	.01	.14	−.21 – .24
Region	.11	2.45*	.04 – .36	.16	3.38**	.13 – .50
Clarify responsibility in the organization
Age	.03	.68	−.01 – .02	−.02	−.40	−.02 – .01
Years in role	.05	1.04	−.03 – .09	.02	.49	−.05 – .08
Management level	.03	.69	−.13 – .26	−.01	−.10	−.23 – .21
Region	.15	3.44**	.12 – .43	.19	3.99**	.18 – .53
Improve the organizations financial performance
Age	−.01	−.24	−.02 – .01	−.07	−1.24	−.03 – .01
Years in role	.04	1.00	−.03 – .09	.04	.89	−.04 – .10
Management level	.00	.03	−.20 – .20	.01	.24	−.20 – .26
Region	.07	1.66	−.03 – .30	.08	1.63	−.03 – .34
Improve the reputation of my organization
Age	.02	.36	−.01 – .02	−.04	−.74	−.02 – .01
Years in role	.09	2.00*	.00 – .12	.04	.75	−.05 – .10
Management level	.02	.42	−.16 – .24	−.04	−.74	−.32 – .15
Region	.06	1.27	−.06 – .26	.09	1.87	−.01 – .37
Support the organization of administrative teams
Age	.07	1.48	−.00 – .02	.05	.92	−.01 – .02
Years in role	.04	.94	−.03 – .09	.08	1.59	−.01 – .13
Management level	.02	.51	−.14 – .24	.05	1.08	−.10 – .35
Region	.06	1.46	−.04 – .27	.10	2.11*	.01 – .39
Support the function of clinical teams
Age	−.02	−.39	−.02 – .01	−.03	−.53	−.02 – .01
Years in role	.04	.87	−.03 – .08	.06	1.32	−.02 – .11
Management level	.01	.18	−.17 – .20	.07	1.44	−.06 – .37
Region	.04	.85	−.09 – .22	.05	.96	−.09 – .26
Support the function of interdisciplinary teams
Age	.04	.86	−.01 – .02	−.01	−.17	−.02 – .02
Years in role	.06	1.45	−.02 – .10	.06	1.30	−.02 – .12
Management level	.05	1.06	−.09 – .31	.08	1.60	−.04 – .41
Region	.08	1.92	−.00 – .32	.10	2.04*	.01 – .38
Support the internal cooperation by promoting the same norms and speech
Age	−.01	−.19	−.02 – .01	−.06	−1.04	−.03 – .01
Years in role	.08	1.80	−.01 – .11	.03	.67	−.05 – .09
Management level	−.00	−.09	−.20 – .19	−.03	−.55	−.29 – .16
Region	.11	2.58*	.05 – .36	.12	2.44*	.04 – .42
Support the cooperation with healthcare staff across sectors
Age	.02	−.34	−.02 – .01	−.11	−2.05*	−.03 – -.00
Years in role	.05	1.04	−.03 – .09	−.01	−.30	−.08 – .06
Management level	−.06	−1.25	−.32 – .07	.02	.39	−.18 – .27
Region	.12	2.68**	.06 – .38	.06	1.34	−.06 – .31

* p < .05, ** p < .01; Management level (senior management = 0, middle management = 1); Region (The Capital Region of Denmark = 1, Region Zealand = 1, Region of Southern Denmark = 1, Central Denmark Region = 0, The North Denmark Region = 0)

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