quality assessment of peripartum care

Quality Assessment of Peripartum Care

BACKGROUND Maternal health improvement is one of the eight goals of the third millennium development, set in 2000. Pregnancy complications are the most important causes of maternal mortality worldwide. Proper and qualified health care access is one the most important factors for reducing maternal and neonatal mortality rates. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to determine quality of peripartum care...

assessment of the efficiency of s.p.g.c refineries using network dea

data envelopment analysis (dea) is a powerful tool for measuring relative efficiency of organizational units referred to as decision making units (dmus). in most cases dmus have network structures with internal linking activities. traditional dea models, however, consider dmus as black boxes with no regard to their linking activities and therefore do not provide decision makers with the reasons...

Quality-of-life assessment in palliative care.

Quality-of-life assessment can be a helpful tool in ensuring optimal palliative care. To adequately assess quality of life, it must be first defined and subsequently measured. This article outlines several of the instruments available to measure quality of life, including the Karnofsky Score, Edmonton Symptom Assessment, Memorial Symptoms Assessment Scale, European Organization for Research and...

Quality assessment of sedation in intensive care.

BACKGROUND In the intensive care unit (ICU), analgesia and sedation are used to improve the comfort and safety of patients undergoing intensive care therapies. However, continuous administration of sedatives prolongs the time on mechanical ventilation and ICU stay. These adverse effects can be reduced by clear definition of the goals of sedation combined with a sedation protocol. METHODS The ...

Consumers in Quality of Care Assessment

Quality assessment / improvement in primary care

Drivers of quality Patients should receive the care they need, which is known to be effective, and in a way that does not harm them. Patients should not receive care that is not necessary, leading to waste and increased risks of side effects. These 3 aspects (effectiveness, appropriateness, and safety of care) represent a basis to define and measure quality of care from the perspective of the h...