Hospital-Level COVID-19 Preparedness and Crisis Management in Czechia
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11120%2F23%3A43926353" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11120/23:43926353 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2023.1606398" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2023.1606398</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2023.1606398" target="_blank" >10.3389/ijph.2023.1606398</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Hospital-Level COVID-19 Preparedness and Crisis Management in Czechia
Original language description
Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the inadequacy of pandemic preparedness mechanisms worldwide. This study gathered comprehensive data from Czech hospitals, identified possible weaknesses in important areas of crisis preparedness, and quantified changes performed to enhance crisis resilience of healthcare facilities. Methods: Drawing on literature review on pandemic preparedness and hospital crisis management and detailed interviews with hospital representatives, a questionnaire was designed and distributed by email among quality managers of all Czech hospitals. Statistical analysis of their responses was conducted using EZR software. Fisher's exact test and Kruskal-Wallis test, with post hoc testing, were used to assess statistical significance. Results: Achieving response rate of 31.9%, responses from 65 hospitals were analysed. New crisis management policies were necessary in 72.3% of responding hospitals. Furthermore, a majority of the respondents changes indicated the need for changes in policies on general pandemic, human resources and infrastructure and material preparedness. Conclusion: The COVID-19 crisis required significant alterations to previously established hospital crisis management protocols and establishment of new ones. The absence of a unified system for crisis preparedness was noted at hospital and national levels.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30304 - Public and environmental health
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Journal of Public Health
ISSN
1661-8556
e-ISSN
1661-8564
Volume of the periodical
68
Issue of the periodical within the volume
December
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
1606398
UT code for WoS article
001131539700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85180682627