Design Quality and Level of Compliance for Out-Patient Physical Facilities: Lesson for Hospital Developers in Southwest, Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume V, Issue II, February 2021 | ISSN 2454–6186

Design Quality and Level of Compliance for Out-Patient Physical Facilities: Lesson for Hospital Developers in Southwest, Nigeria

 Akinluyi Muyiwa L^1*, Fadamiro Joseph. A² , Ayoola Hezekiah A³ & Alade Morakinyo J^4
1Department of Architecture, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Nigeria
^2&3Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology (FUTA) , Akure, Ondo- State, Nigeria
⁴Directorate of Physical Planning and Development (DPPD) Living Faith Church Canaan land
Corresponding Author*

Abstract: This study examined the design quality and level of compliance for out-patient physical facilities at the University College Hospital (UCH) and Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC) with a view to developing better healthcare design policy that will improve the quality of hospital spaces and their environment in Nigeria. Hospital physical facilities mean the structure or building and interior spaces, settings, environment, including attached facilities and amenities. In architecture, design quality is defined as value, excellence performance to specifications, fitness for use, meeting and/or exceeding customers’ expectations, and consistently delighting the customer by providing products and services according to the latest functional specifications. Through the Literature review and personal appraisal of the out- patient physical facilities carried out in the selected federal university teaching hospitals in southwest, Nigeria. Major out-patient hospital physical facilities such as entrance, record unit, reception, waiting area, counseling rooms, lobbies and corridors, pharmacy room, treatment, consulting, examination spaces and maintenance facilities was reviewed and the standard requirements design setting for each spaces was identified and appraised to check the level of design compliance. The result of the study showed the transformation of design and construction strategies that is truly needed to reach our goal of providing compassionate and safe care for the out-patients. This study will serve as reference materials to architects, healthcare researchers, facility administrators, policy-makers and healthcare managers in the efficient realization of the design issues that affect Teaching Hospitals Out-Patient physical facilities in southwest, Nigeria.

Keyword: Design Quality, Compliance, Out-Patient, Physical Facilities, Hospital Developers

I. BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY

Hospital physical facilities are defined by the structure or building, the interior spaces of building, settings and environment, including attached facilities and amenities which help patients’ quick recovery and staff performance (Mourshed and Zhao 2012). Similarly, Akinluyi, Awe, Adeleye & Ogunruku, (2019) define hospital physical facilities as generally consisting of the in-patient, out-patient as well as the attached facilities and amenities.

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