Experiences related to the role of a cost centre manager in a public hospital in Limpopo Province, South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorMothiba, Tebogo Maria
dc.contributor.authorJooste, Karien
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-09T13:08:17Z
dc.date.available2017-06-09T13:08:17Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractA cost centre in a hospital setting is an identifiable department, for example a nursing care unit, which has been practically assigned an account number in the hospital accounting system. The purpose of a cost centre is to control clinical and administrative costs, as well as accumulated expenses by that identified department. A qualitative, descriptive, exploratory and contextual research design was used for this study. Homogenous purposive sampling was conducted from a population of 36 nurse managers appointed as cost centre managers. One focus group discussion comprising nine cost centre managers and 12 cost centre managers participated in unstructured one-on-one interviews until data saturation was reached. Data were analysed qualitatively using Teschs’ open coding method. The findings revealed there are dominant stories of perceived constraints related to the role of a cost centre manager resulting in personal and professional suffering and a need for a decentralised cost centre management for enhancement of cost centre managers' knowledge and skills. It was recommended that a training programme for cost centre managers be conducted as a process/procedure during which information will be disseminated about cost centre management including problem solving in the team, business plan, business cost planning and overall accountability of people involved. The goal of the training programme should be to clarify roles and values, create a safe environment for cost centre managers and build trusting relationships among all role players.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationMothiba, T. M. & Jooste, K. (2013). Experiences related to the role of a cost centre manager in a public hospital in Limpopo Province, South Africa. African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance. March (Supplement 1): 252-264en_US
dc.identifier.issn1117-4315
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/2946
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC135191
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherLAM Publications Limiteden_US
dc.rightsCopyright LAM Publications Limited. Publisher granted permission for inclusion of the published file in the Repository.
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectExperiencesen_US
dc.subjectRoleen_US
dc.subjectCost centre manageren_US
dc.subjectPublic hospitalen_US
dc.titleExperiences related to the role of a cost centre manager in a public hospital in Limpopo Province, South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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