The productivity of a hospital foodservice system has a significant implication in hospital management as costs for labor and material increase, competitions among hospitals increase, and patients' expectations as to the quality of hospital services increase. The foodservice is characterized by its labor intensiveness. The objective of this study was to examine associations between operational and managerial factors and the productivity of dishwashing work in hospital foodservice systems. The labor productivity in 20 conventional food service systems was assessed and related to a number of influencing variables within the system. The productivity measurement was based upon the total dish equivalents as a ratio of the total direct and non-direct labor hours required to wash these dishes. 20 hospitals with more than 500 beds located in Seoul were surveyed to obtain data for study variables. Questionnaire and a survey form were mailed. Statistical methods used in this study were descriptive analysis and Pearson product moment correlation analysis. Hospital system characteristic which was found to correlate significantly with productivity was the ratio of dish loss. As this increased, the productivity level increased.

본 연구의 목적은 병원급식소의 세정작업의 효율적 관리를 위하여 위탁 전과 후의 비용효과를 비교하고 자가운영과 위탁운영체제의 세정담당 종업원들의 직무만족도를 비교하여 그 비용효율성을 분석하는데 있다. 본 연구의 결과에 의하면, 세정작업의 위탁관리로 다음과 같은 잇점을 기대할 수 있었다. 첫째, 호봉이 낮고 적은 수의 종업원 이용으로 인건비의 절감을 기대할 수 있었으며, 둘째, 봉급에 관한 항목을 제외한 다른 항목에 관해서는 자가운영과 위탁운영 체제의 세정담당 종업원들의 직무만족도에 유의적 차이가 없는 것으로 나타났으며, 세째, 작업일정이나 인사배치에 있어서의 용이함으로 나타났다. 이 연구 결과를 기초로 병원급식소의 위탁관리 프로그램에 관한 지속적인 평가와 개발에 관한 연구가 이루어져야 할 것이다.