The purpose of this study is to gain insight into how cost control affects physicians’ performance in terms of motivation and dysfunctional behaviour, and their ability to maintain patient safety. In the study, a qualitative method was used and four participants from Danderyd hospital were interviewed with semi-structured questions to gain material to answer the research question. In order to analyse the data, transcriptions of the interviews were made, and a thematic analysis method was used. Based on the analysis, four main themes emerged; Cost control, Motivation, Change in Behaviour and Patient safety. Among the physicians, results showed that physicians’ performance is negatively affected by cost control, resulting in decreased patient safety. Motivation was found to be indirectly affected and dysfunctional behaviours were found to be negatively affected by cost control. Resulting of cost control, physicians cannot fulfil their ethical obligations and perform more poorly because resources are decreased, primarily due to lack of care beds. Furthermore, the findings indicate that patient safety is negatively affected by the influence of cost control on dysfunctional behaviour. There is no adverse effect of cost control on patient safety when it comes to motivation.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-496875 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Abazi, Doresa, Vasilevski, Daniella |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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