Research Article

EVALUATION OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS USING IN HEALTHCARE SECTOR

Volume: 36 Number: 3 September 1, 2018
  • Ammar Yasir Korkusuz
  • Umut Hulusi İnan
  • Yavuz Özdemir
  • Hüseyin Başlıgil

EVALUATION OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS USING IN HEALTHCARE SECTOR

Abstract

The importance of occupational health and safety is increasing day by day in Turkey; however the literature and researches are not sufficient in this field. There are still many issues that need to be investigated. Performance measurement is also one of the most important subjects in occupational health and safety field. After legislative, regulative changes and taken precautions, it is important to measure how the health and safety performance of the enterprises is affected by these changes. In this study, key performance indicators (KPIs), those are required for the measurement of occupational health and safety performance, are investigated. 15 KPIs, with measurable and concrete characteristics, are selected as a result of literature review and expert interviews. Later, with the help of 3 certified health and safety experts from healthcare sector, KPIs are ranked according to their importance by using Analytical Hierarchy Process, one of the multi criteria decision making methods. As a result, “Fatal Accident Frequency Rate” and “Risks with High Importance” are found the most important safety KPIs in healthcare sector. The main contribution of this study is to find measurable and objective key safety factors in healthcare sector and prioritize them by using the MCDM (Multiple Criteria Decision Making) technique, AHP. To the authors’ knowledge this will be the first study in the literature that focuses on measurable KPIs and first study that prioritizes the key safety factors using AHP in healthcare sector.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Ammar Yasir Korkusuz This is me
0000-0002-3014-3454
Türkiye

Umut Hulusi İnan This is me
0000-0001-7316-1700
Türkiye

Yavuz Özdemir This is me
0000-0001-6821-9867
Türkiye

Hüseyin Başlıgil This is me
0000-0002-3478-5948
Türkiye

Publication Date

September 1, 2018

Submission Date

June 20, 2017

Acceptance Date

March 29, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Volume: 36 Number: 3

APA
Korkusuz, A. Y., İnan, U. H., Özdemir, Y., & Başlıgil, H. (2018). EVALUATION OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS USING IN HEALTHCARE SECTOR. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences, 36(3), 705-715. https://izlik.org/JA43HH95XL
AMA
1.Korkusuz AY, İnan UH, Özdemir Y, Başlıgil H. EVALUATION OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS USING IN HEALTHCARE SECTOR. SIGMA. 2018;36(3):705-715. https://izlik.org/JA43HH95XL
Chicago
Korkusuz, Ammar Yasir, Umut Hulusi İnan, Yavuz Özdemir, and Hüseyin Başlıgil. 2018. “EVALUATION OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS USING IN HEALTHCARE SECTOR”. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences 36 (3): 705-15. https://izlik.org/JA43HH95XL.
EndNote
Korkusuz AY, İnan UH, Özdemir Y, Başlıgil H (September 1, 2018) EVALUATION OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS USING IN HEALTHCARE SECTOR. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences 36 3 705–715.
IEEE
[1]A. Y. Korkusuz, U. H. İnan, Y. Özdemir, and H. Başlıgil, “EVALUATION OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS USING IN HEALTHCARE SECTOR”, SIGMA, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 705–715, Sept. 2018, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA43HH95XL
ISNAD
Korkusuz, Ammar Yasir - İnan, Umut Hulusi - Özdemir, Yavuz - Başlıgil, Hüseyin. “EVALUATION OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS USING IN HEALTHCARE SECTOR”. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences 36/3 (September 1, 2018): 705-715. https://izlik.org/JA43HH95XL.
JAMA
1.Korkusuz AY, İnan UH, Özdemir Y, Başlıgil H. EVALUATION OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS USING IN HEALTHCARE SECTOR. SIGMA. 2018;36:705–715.
MLA
Korkusuz, Ammar Yasir, et al. “EVALUATION OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS USING IN HEALTHCARE SECTOR”. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences, vol. 36, no. 3, Sept. 2018, pp. 705-1, https://izlik.org/JA43HH95XL.
Vancouver
1.Ammar Yasir Korkusuz, Umut Hulusi İnan, Yavuz Özdemir, Hüseyin Başlıgil. EVALUATION OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS USING IN HEALTHCARE SECTOR. SIGMA [Internet]. 2018 Sep. 1;36(3):705-1. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA43HH95XL

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