Table 2 Frequency of approaches used, and frequency with which they were combined (n = 46)
From: Exploring improvements in patient logistics in Dutch hospitals with a survey
Approaches | Total (%) | CP* | BM* | BPR* | LM* | TOC* | CI* | TQM* | OR* | FF* | LSS* | SS* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clinical pathways (CP)** | 91 | Â | 32 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 |
Benchmarking (BM)** | 78 | 32 | Â | 20 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
Business Process reengineering (BPR)** | 48 | 20 | 20 | Â | 14 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
Lean management (LM)** | 48 | 20 | 18 | 14 | Â | 13 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
Theory of constraints (ToC)** | 43 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 13 | Â | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
Continuous improvement (CI)** | 33 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Â | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Total Quality Management (TQM)** | 28 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | Â | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Operations research (OR) ** | 28 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | Â | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Focused factories (FF)** | 22 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | Â | 1 | 1 |
Lean six sigma (LSS)** | 17 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | Â | 3 |
Six sigma (SS)** | 13 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | Â |