نتایج جستجو برای: quality indicators
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This study examines the association between nursing home administrators (NHAs) professional membership, certification, and fellow status with quality indicators in nursing homes. Membership, certification, and fellow information (representing increasing levels of participation) originated from the American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA). ACHCA is a professional association which ...
Background: Initiatives including regionalization of stroke care, clinical practice guideline development and quality-of-care improvement efforts are best supported using clearly defined performance measures and accurate, high-quality data sources. In Canada, there are no published consensus statements or guidelines, and consensus-based indicators to evaluate the quality of stroke care are lack...
BACKGROUND Surgical patients are at risk for preventable adverse drug events (ADEs) during hospitalization. Usually, preventable ADEs are measured as an outcome parameter of quality of pharmaceutical care. However, process measures such as QIs are more efficient to assess the quality of care and provide more information about potential quality improvements. OBJECTIVE To assess the quality of ...
BACKGROUND Serious mental illness (SMI) - which comprises long-term conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other psychoses - has enormous costs for patients and society. In many countries, people with SMI are treated solely in primary care, and have particular needs for physical care. AIM The objective of this study was to systematically review the literature to create a list...
OBJECTIVES The surgical management of advanced ovarian cancer involves complex surgery. Implementation of a quality management program has a major impact on survival. The goal of this work was to develop a list of quality indicators (QIs) for advanced ovarian cancer surgery that can be used to audit and improve the clinical practice. This task has been carried out under the auspices of the Euro...
OBJECTIVES To identify indicators of quality use of medicines used in South-East Asian region. METHODS A systematic review was conducted searching MEDLINE, Embase and The International Network for Rational Use of Drugs (INRUD) and The World Health Organization (WHO) website. Original studies or reports carried out in the South-East Asian region, explicitly using indicators to measure quality ...
BACKGROUND Depression is a leading cause of disease and disability internationally, and is responsible for many primary care consultations. Little is known about the quality of primary care for depression in the UK. AIM To determine the prevalence of good-quality primary care for depression, and to analyse variations in quality by patient and practice characteristics. DESIGN OF STUDY Retros...
BACKGROUND Information on prescribing quality of diabetes care is required by health care providers, insurance companies, policy makers, and the public. Knowledge regarding the opinions and preferences of all involved parties regarding prescribing quality information is important for effective use of prescribing quality indicators. METHODS Between June and December 2009 we conducted semi stru...
BACKGROUND Strengthening measurement of the quality of labor and delivery (L&D) care in low-resource countries requires an understanding of existing approaches. OBJECTIVES To identify quantitative indicators of L&D care quality and assess gaps in indicators. SEARCH STRATEGY PubMed, CINAHL Plus, and Embase databases were searched for research published in English between January 1, 1990, and...
BACKGROUND The fairness of quality assessment methods is under debate. Quality indicators incorporating the longitudinal nature of care have been advocated but their usefulness in comparison to more commonly used cross-sectional measures is not clear. AIMS To compare cross-sectional and sequential quality indicators for risk factor management in patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS The st...
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