Hye-Sun Jung; Bokim Lee

doi:10.4040/jkan.2013.43.4.507

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Economic Evaluation of a Workplace Occupational Health Nursing Service: Based on Comparison with Atmospheric Environment Managing Engineer: Hye-Sun Jung, Bokim Lee; Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2013;43(4):507-516.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2013.43.4.507
Published online: August 30, 2013

¹School of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.

²Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Lee, Bokim. College of Nursing, University of Ulsan, 93 Daehak-ro, Nam-gu, Ulsan 680-749, Korea. Tel: +82-52-259-1283, Fax: +82-52-259-1236, bokimlee@ulsan.ac.kr

• Received: October 8, 2012 • Accepted: June 14, 2013

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Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to use cost-benefit analysis of activity to clarify the economic effect of prepared nurses versus atmospheric environment managing engineers as healthcare managers.
Methods
For the study 111 workplaces were surveyed, workplaces in which nurses or atmospheric environment managing engineers were employed as healthcare managers. The survey content included annual gross salaries, participation in external job training, costs in joining association covered by the company, location and year of construction of the healthcare office, various kinds of healthcare expenditures, costs in operating healthcare office, health education, and activity performance in the work of environment management.
Results
In the case of the healthcare manager being a nurse, benefit was larger than input costs at a ratio of 2.31. On the other hand, in the case of healthcare manager being an atmospheric environment managing engineer, input costs were larger than benefits (benefit-cost ratio 0.88).
Conclusion
Results indicate that nurses are an effective healthcare human resource and can offer good quality healthcare service. Therefore companies should hire nurses and actively promote the economic efficiency of nurses in workplace.
Keywords: Workplace; Nurses; Cost-benefit analysis

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Table 1

General Characteristics and Occupational Health Management Practice of the Participants (N=111)

Table 2

Costs of Occupational Health Services (N=111)

Table 3

Benefits of Occupational Health Services (N=111)

Table 4

Benefit-Cost Ratios of Occupational Health Services

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Economic Evaluation of a Workplace Occupational Health Nursing Service: Based on Comparison with Atmospheric Environment Managing Engineer

J Korean Acad Nurs. 2013;43(4):507-516. Published online August 30, 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2013.43.4.507

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Economic Evaluation of a Workplace Occupational Health Nursing Service: Based on Comparison with Atmospheric Environment Managing Engineer

Table 1

General Characteristics and Occupational Health Management Practice of the Participants (N=111)

Table 2

Costs of Occupational Health Services (N=111)

Table 3

Benefits of Occupational Health Services (N=111)

Table 4

Benefit-Cost Ratios of Occupational Health Services

Table 1 General Characteristics and Occupational Health Management Practice of the Participants (N=111)

Table 2 Costs of Occupational Health Services (N=111)

Table 3 Benefits of Occupational Health Services (N=111)

Table 4 Benefit-Cost Ratios of Occupational Health Services