Table 2.
Frequency of approaches used, and frequency with which they were combined (n = 46)
| Approaches | Total (%) | CP* | BM* | BPR* | LM* | TOC* | CI* | TQM* | OR* | FF* | LSS* | SS* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Clinical pathways (CP)** |
91 |
|
32 |
20 |
20 |
18 |
15 |
10 |
12 |
10 |
8 |
6 |
|
Benchmarking (BM)** |
78 |
32 |
|
20 |
18 |
18 |
13 |
11 |
11 |
7 |
6 |
4 |
|
Business Process reengineering (BPR)** |
48 |
20 |
20 |
|
14 |
10 |
6 |
6 |
10 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
|
Lean management (LM)** |
48 |
20 |
18 |
14 |
|
13 |
7 |
4 |
8 |
7 |
2 |
5 |
|
Theory of constraints (ToC)** |
43 |
18 |
18 |
10 |
13 |
|
8 |
6 |
7 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
|
Continuous improvement (CI)** |
33 |
15 |
13 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
|
4 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
|
Total Quality Management (TQM)** |
28 |
10 |
11 |
6 |
4 |
6 |
4 |
|
5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
|
Operations research (OR) ** |
28 |
12 |
11 |
10 |
8 |
7 |
1 |
5 |
|
4 |
3 |
3 |
|
Focused factories (FF)** |
22 |
10 |
7 |
6 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Lean six sigma (LSS)** |
17 |
8 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
|
3 |
| Six sigma (SS)** | 13 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
* = Other approaches used by hospitals that used the approach indicated in the left-hand column. Result in column CP till SS in numbers.
** = approach used.