Table 3. Factors influencing decision making for health services outsourcing .
Factors | Sub-Factors | |
Strategic | Focus on core function | |
Freeing resources for core activities | ||
Improve flexibility versus change | ||
Risk sharing | ||
Regulations governing | ||
Economic | Save the overall cost | |
Reduce the labor and operating cost | ||
Make the fixed costs into variable costs | ||
Cash infusion | ||
Reduce capital costs | ||
Increase the economic efficiency | ||
Quality | Improve service quality | |
Procure higher reliability and competency | ||
Management | Save the management time | |
Reduce the management load | ||
Increase the speed of implementation | ||
Improve Safety management | ||
Improve accountability | ||
Need specialized management | ||
Function difficult to manage | ||
Technological | Achieve innovative ideas | |
Acquire new skills or technical knowledge |