ArticleBMC public health2025
Construction of an evaluation index system for hospital resilience to emerging infectious diseases: a Delphi study from China.
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- Evaluating university emergency resilience with a focus on student safety and health.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Prioritization of hospital resilience indicators for disaster preparedness: a fuzzy Delphi-AHP approach in Iranian public hospitals.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Developing a digital health competency assessment framework for public health services: a Delphi-AHP approach.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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backgroundThe frequent outbreak of infectious diseases has presented unparalleled challenges to hospitals globally. The pressure exerted on healthcare systems during these crises accentuates the imperative need for enhanced management and resource allocation, further emphasizing the pivotal role of hospital resilience. As the vanguard in combating infectious disease outbreaks, bolstering hospital resilience has become a strategic imperative to fortify healthcare systems against the unpredictable and volatile landscape of global health threats. Consequently, in this study, we aimed to develop an index system for the comprehensive evaluation of hospital resilience in response to emerging infectious diseases.
methodsDrawing on the World Health Organization "Action Framework" for responding to infectious disease outbreaks, the Delphi method was implemented to identify the core evaluation index of hospital resilience in the context of emerging infectious diseases. In this method, we assembled a panel of 16 health experts specializing in medical statistics, infectious disease prevention and control, emergency medicine, hospital management, and public health administration. The panel evaluated the importance of the proposed indicators using a five-point Likert scale, supplemented by their qualitative feedback. To ascertain the weights of these indicators, the Analytic Hierarchy Process and the Precedence Chart were integrated.
resultsAfter two rounds of expert consultation on the evaluation index system, a consensus was reached. The system contained five first-level indicators (hospital command and coordination capacity, hospital monitoring capacity, hospital risk communication capacity, hospital medical response capacity, and hospital health management capacity) affiliated with 13 second-level indicators and 32 third-level indicators. Among the primary indicators, hospital command and coordination capacity had the highest weight, followed by hospital medical response capacity. The expert authority coefficient of consultation was 0.96. The Kendall's concordance coefficients of the total indicators were 0.223 and 0.342, respectively. The differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05).
conclusionThe evaluation index system for hospital resilience to emerging infectious diseases, developed using the Delphi method in this study, is comprehensive and possesses high scientific reliability. The widespread application of this index system can assist hospitals in identifying and ameliorating weaknesses in their resilience capabilities, thereby enhancing their rapid response and adaptability to potential future outbreaks.
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