What is "hospital resilience"? A scoping review on conceptualization, operationalization, and evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 underscored the importance of building resilient health systems and hospitals. Nevertheless, evidence on hospital resilience is limited without consensus on the concept, its application, or measurement, with practical guidance needed for action at the facility-level.

Aim

This study establishes a baseline for understanding hospital resilience, exploring its 1) conceptualization, 2) operationalization, and 3) evaluation in the empirical literature.

Methods

Following Arksey and O'Malley's model, a scoping review was conducted, and a total of 38 articles were included for final extraction.

Findings and discussion

In this review, hospital resilience is conceptualized by its components, capacities, and outcomes. The interdependence of six c

SUBMITTER: Khalil M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9614418 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature