The Impact of Internationalize Medical Services to localPeople Seeking Medical Care

Administrative Staff in Hospital of Taiwan Clinical Trial

Official title:

To Understand the Impacts of Internationalize Medical Services on Local People Seeking Medical Care, and to Establish Responsive Management Mechanism

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Enrolling by invitation

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01123720
• Other study ID #: 099M031
• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 12, 2010
• Last updated: May 12, 2010
• Start date: December 2009
• Est. completion date: February 2011

Study information

• Verified date: May 2010
• Source: Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Taiwan: Department of Health
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Recently The Department of Health of Taiwan has launched the "Internationalize Medical Services Flagship Program", expecting to promote Taiwan's high-quality of medical services to the international market, and anticipating "customers stroll in, medical services walked out".

In order to avoid expansion of this program might alienate the rights and best interests of local people seeking medical services, therefore, this research project is a join effort of experts to form an advisory counsel; by collecting most current international medical services data; then using both qualitative and quantitative questionnaires to investigate whether by implementation of internationalize medical services will cause great impact on local people.

To study the various of insurance income of health care organization after they promote international medical services; and to understand the impact of assess to medical care and quality of medical services to local people due to internationalize medical services.

The last through advisory counsel, to make specific recommendations on mechanism of management and to set evaluation of indicators to monitor international health care, to avoid edge out local people the right of seeking medical care to ever happened, and to aid future planning of policy and implementation.

Description:

The main objectives of this study are:

1. To understand the impact from internationalize medical services to local People seeking medical care, and the impact to management of health care organization, make specific recommendations for assessment, management mechanisms and measurable indicators, and aid future planning of policy and implementation.

2. To avoid expanding the flagship program of internationalization of medical services might jeopardize local people's right to seek medical care, assess the impact to local people after the program implemented.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: February 2011
• Est. primary completion date: December 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Administrative staff in Hospital

• Hospital provide the internationalize medical services

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Observational Model: Ecologic or Community, Time Perspective: Retrospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Administrative Staff in Hospital of Taiwan

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital	Taiwan College of Healthcare Executives