Supply Office, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Institute of Hospital and Health Care Administration, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
J Chin Med Assoc. 2021 Jul 1;84(7):704-708. doi: 10.1097/JCMA.0000000000000550.
In early 2020, a global outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused high mortality rates and public panic. Worldwide demand for personal protective equipment has risen, with diminishing supplies and shortages reported. During the pandemic, charitable donations have been made by the public, aimed at helping medical staff. Based on the open data, we investigate the charitable in-kind donations received by a large medical center in northern Taiwan (Taipei Veterans General Hospital [TPEVGH]) in Taiwan during the pandemic.
The period of investigation was the first half of the year 2020. TPEVGH has received various public donations. The list of donations published on the hospital's official website was analyzed. The variables in the analysis were donation category, donation percentage, number of donations, and total donation amount.
Most in-kind donations were food and beverages (55.1%), with a monetary value of 3 124 510 New Taiwan Dollars (NTD) (24.3%). Medical equipment accounted for the second-highest number of items (34.8%) but was the highest monetary value (70.6%; 9 275 945 of 12 875 855 NTD). Daily necessities accounted for the lowest number of items (10.1%) and had a total monetary value of 475 400 NTD (3.7%). Over two-thirds were beverages (68.4%), all of which were bottles or cans for easy storage. Despite only five items (13.2%) being juice, the donation size was the largest, accounting for nearly half (47.1%) of the total monetary value. Only one item was fruit, which was high-class organic apples. The monetary value of this item was the highest (7.8%) among all donated food. Most donated snacks were biscuits.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, most public donations to TPEVGH were food and daily necessities. While every donation should be appreciated, accepting high volumes of donations might incur donation management problems. Further research could be focused on managerial aspects, for example, quality and safety checking, storage, and distribution.
2020 年初，全球爆发 2019 年新型冠状病毒病（COVID-19），导致高死亡率和公众恐慌。全球对个人防护设备的需求增加，供应减少，出现短缺。在大流行期间，公众进行了慈善捐赠，旨在帮助医务人员。基于公开数据，我们调查了台湾北部一家大型医疗机构（台北荣民总医院[TPEVGH]）在疫情期间收到的慈善实物捐赠。
调查期间为 2020 年上半年。TPEVGH 收到了各种公众捐赠。分析了医院官方网站上公布的捐赠清单。分析中的变量是捐赠类别、捐赠百分比、捐赠数量和总捐赠金额。
大多数实物捐赠是食品和饮料（55.1%），价值 3124510 新台币（24.3%）。医疗设备占捐赠物品数量的第二位（34.8%），但价值最高（70.6%；9275945 新台币占 12875855 新台币）。日用品占捐赠物品数量的最低（10.1%），总价值为 475400 新台币（3.7%）。超过三分之二是饮料（68.4%），均为便于储存的瓶装或罐装。尽管只有五件（13.2%）是果汁，但捐赠规模最大，占总价值的近一半（47.1%）。只有一件是水果，是高档有机苹果。该物品的捐赠价值在所有捐赠食品中最高（7.8%）。捐赠的零食大多是饼干。
在 COVID-19 大流行期间，TPEVGH 收到的大多数公众捐赠是食品和日用品。虽然每一份捐赠都应该得到赞赏，但接受大量捐赠可能会引发捐赠管理问题。进一步的研究可以集中在管理方面，例如质量和安全检查、储存和分发。
