The impact of implementation of lean at hospitals for work conditions and health-related conditions among health care professionals: a three year follow-upShow others and affiliations
2015 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
Sustainable development
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Abstract [en]
Introduction The public sector has during the last decades been struggling with the challenge of how to increase the efficiency, the quality of performance, as well as with problems related to work environment and recruitments. Hospitals have struggled with increased focuses on costumer orientation, rationalizations and care processes redesign, and have often used Lean production (LP) as management model.
Aim to assess the long-term importance of implementing LP in hospitals for the psychosocial work conditions. Based on earlier research (e.g. Westgaard & Winkel, 2011), the following hypothesis were tested (1) Strategic large scale implementation of LP is associated with negative impact on mental health; (2) Implementation of LP is associated with weak negative impact on psychosocial work conditions; (3) The association between implementation of LP and psychosocial conditions is moderated by profession and participatory approaches.
Method Five hospitals working with improvements of care processes were studied 2012-2014 using questionnaires to employees (T1 n=1303) and interviews at strategic and operative levels. Analyzes with mixed models repeated measurements were performed. The explaining variables for the models were implementation of lean at strategic resp operative level, and time (T1, T2, T3). The outcome variables were work-related health (SRH, work ability, stress-symptoms) and psychosocial work conditions.
Results Physical, cognitive and mental stress-related symptoms were only weakly associated with strategic or operative LP initiatives. There were no overall differences in self rated health and work ability with regard to implementation of LP. A higher degree of LP at operative level was associated with decreased work demands. There was, especially initially, more beneficial or improved working conditions in relation to higher degree of LP at operative levels. The long-term follow-up showed that quantitative demands increased and predictability as well as leadership decreased in the non-lean hospitals. There were different patterns with regard to profession and participatory approaches that will be presented.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Trondheim, 2015.
National Category
Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy
Research subject
Bussiness and IT; Människan i vården
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-8621OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-8621DiVA, id: diva2:894786
Conference
NOVO conference
Funder
Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and WelfareAFA Insurance2016-01-152016-01-152017-05-02Bibliographically approved