SIGNIFICANCE OF HEALTH STATISTICS IN ENHANCING QUALITY HEALTHCARE DELIVERY AT BOWEN UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL OGBOMOSO
Abstract
ABSTRACT
The effectiveness and efficiency of a Health statistics are crucial for providing quality healthcare
services to individuals and communities and to measure and evaluate the performance and
impact of such systems, the collection and analysis of health statistics play a vital role. This
study examined the significance of health statistics in enhancing quality healthcare delivery at
Bowen University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Oyo-State, Nigeria. It examine level of trained
health information management officers, how health statistics is being used, support rendered to
the health information managers on maintaining standard practice through health statistics and
significance of health statistics on healthcare delivery. A descriptive quantitative cross-sectional
study was employed to assess significance of health statistics to enhance quality healthcare
delivery at Bowen University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Oyo-State, Nigeria. The method of
study was quantitative. A total of 164 respondents from Bowen university teaching hospital in
Ogbomosho, Oyo State were used for this study using simple linear regression. Data obtained
were analyzed using descriptive statistics (chi-square) The study revealed that the use of health
statistics is very effective and health information obtained in the hospital were always reviewed.
The study also revealed that health statistics is being used basically for medical history,
examination tests and treatment methods while it’s also being used for evaluation of health care
service delivery in their facility. The study also found out that health statistics helps to avoid
errors that may threaten patient safety, help with information dissemination, liaison and effective
sharing of health records. The simple linear regression analysis showed that usage of health
statistics information contributes significantly to enhancing the works of information managers
(β=.340, t= 6.139, p=.001) while the study concluded that health statistics has a positive impact
on healthcare delivery as it informs decision making, influences policy formulation, improves
healthcare utilization, contributes to better health outcomes and serves as a Key health statistics
indicators, such as mortality rates, life expectancy, infant mortality, and disease-specific
incidence and prevalence rates that help assess the overall health status of a population and
identify priority areas for intervention.
Key Words: Health Statistics, Quality Healthcare delivery
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