The Evaluation of Primary Care Unit of Mahasarakham Hospital
Paibool Asavatanabodee MD*
Affiliation : * Department of Community Medicine, Mahasarakham Hospital, Mahasarakham, Thailand
Objective : To evaluate the one-year performance outcome of Community Medical Care Unit (CMU) in
Mahasarakham Hospital.
Material and Method: This cross-sectional descriptive study used the CIPP model. The target population was
divided into two groups. The first group consisted of the executive committee of Mahasarakham Hospital
including one director, five Vice-directors, and 16 CMU paramedical personnel and public health
administrators. The second group consisted of 281 randomized people in the service area of CMU,
Mahasarakham Hospital.
Results : The overall outcome evaluation of both groups was high with mean of 3.53 and 3.86, respectively. The
evaluation of context, input, and output was ranked high in both groups while the process ranking was
moderate in the first group and high in the other group. The present study proposed that project guidelines be
explicit policies, improvement in behavioral service, appropriate workload, adequate parking lot, and
network sharing of hospital data bank.
Conclusion : The quality and efficiency of CMU project are dependent upon explicit policy, well-planned
structure of organization, efficient-informative systems, good development plan, and adequate manpower. The
personnel should plan the project process and continuously improve the system. CMU project would be
neither successful nor beneficial for the development of public health care system if it lacked the participation
of the people in the community and associated networks. The results of the present study might be the useful
data for improving and developing the pattern of community healthcare service in urban area.
Keywords : Evaluation, Primary care unit, Mahasarakham Hospital
