This study points out that the performance evaluation system is used as one of the main ways to increase the responsibility of public institutions. Analyze the performance evaluation system in which public hospitals are simultaneously assesed by multi...
This study points out that the performance evaluation system is used as one of the main ways to increase the responsibility of public institutions. Analyze the performance evaluation system in which public hospitals are simultaneously assesed by multiple senior institutions in terms of accountability. To do so, first , categorize the accountability of Public hospitals. Then, verify different types of accountabilities that varies by evaluators and time to see how the accountability of the public hospitals has changed.
Through theoretical considerations, accountability is divided into four categories ; Political accountabilityⅠ Ⅱ, Bureaucratic accountability, Client accountability and Managerial accountability ; by responsive-anticipal and economy-political aspects. Based on this, compare and analyze the performance evaluation systems of Seoul Medical Center conducted from 2006 to 2016 ; Local public hospital evaluation system, Seoul public hospital evaluation system, Seoul investment institution evaluation system.
Political accountability I is most closely aligned with the ultimate goal of establishing public hospitals and their operational objectives. Despite it is not properly evaluated in the initial stage of evaluation system, it has improved recently about 20% of evaluations. Political accountability II is part of how democratically public hospitals operated. Although its measurment proportion has increased up to about 10%, it is comparatively not important throughout the overall system. Bureaucratic accountability plays a relatively high role in evaluation system of seoul public hospital. However like Client accountability its proportion is convergent as time goes on. At the beginning of Seoul investment institution evaluation system, the importance of Managerial accountability was high. In contrast, in Local public hospital evaluation system and Seoul public hospital evaluation system, this accountability is less important. As the performance evaluation systems have matured, despite the proportion of Managerial accountability of Seoul investment institution evaluation system is slightly higher than others, each proportions of Managerial accountability is gradually being convergent to similar levels.
Most notably the results is that this study show each the proportion and importance of all types of accountability in performance evaluation system is gradually convergent. So this makes public hospitals recognize their exact goals by consistent performance evaluation, that institutions can work reasonably and be rewarded properly as a result of performance assessments. It is a positive aspect because accountability and stability of public hospitals can be increased.
Meanwhile, when comparing performance evaluation systems targeting public hospitals ; Local public hospital evaluation system, Seoul public hospital evaluation system ; except for matters related to supervision and policies directed by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, performance measures tend to become similar. As a result, duplication of performance measures causes issues for public hospitals such as inefficiency of evaluation work. To solve this, the similar or redundant measures need to be adjusted or deleted. Furthermore, the function and role ought to be set up between the performance evaluation systems. It is necessary to adjust or reorganize performance measures by the function and role of performance evaluation systems.
But it is paramount to address the underlying problem of conflicting accountabilities inherent in the performance evaluation system. The dilemma of the value conflict between efficiency and publicness that all public institutions are in trouble with, not just public hospitals, can be substituted for the issue of confliction between Managerial accountability for efficiency and Political accountability for publicness, from an accountability point of view. It happens not only between performance evaluation systems but also between performance measures. As a solution, all stakeholders surrounding public hospitals should have an understanding of a socially agreed specific standard model for public hospitals and guidelines. To specific the standard public hospital model and their accountabilities at the social level, it is needed to study which accountabilities are important and how important they are.