The activism of patients associations, in decision making, about health and social services, is an expanding phenomenon in Italy and elsewhere. But the civic roles of these patients associations, in health care settin...The activism of patients associations, in decision making, about health and social services, is an expanding phenomenon in Italy and elsewhere. But the civic roles of these patients associations, in health care settings, remain largely unexplored, especially in the case of patients assuming oral anticoagulant therapy （OAT Patients） for various chronic and severe diseases （stroke, chronic arthritis, maintenance or substitution of cardiac valves）. This is a qualitative study, on a Civic Health Organization, the Italian Association of Anti Coagulant Patients （Associazione ltaliana Pazienti Anticolagulati, hereinafter A.I.P.A.） which promotes the rights of OAT patients. The study was carried out in the south of Italy at Cosenza＇s Hospital. Cosenza is a city in the north of Calabria, a poor Southern Italian region. The research, done between March 2010 and December 2012, involved focus groups, key-informant interviews with volunteers from the local A.I.P.A. unit and the hospital professionals （physicians, nurses, managers） of Cosenza＇s Annunziata Hospital. This essay mainly analyzes a micro-form of co-deliberative health care democracy： a stable partnership between AIPA members and the cited hospital professionals, based on a mix of advocacy, planning, and co-delivery service roles. In doing this, the paper sketches the development, aims, activities, internal structure and resources, and the role played by this specific citizen-user/patient/career organization in promoting and/or representing the interests of anti-coagulated patients within the legal arena of the Italian health policy. Finally, the paper comes to the point in which OAT patients refer their perceptions of relational rights.展开更多
Globally, there are approximately 36.7 million people living with HIV. Integration of HIV treatment with primary care services improves effectiveness, efficiency and equity in service delivery. The study sought to est...Globally, there are approximately 36.7 million people living with HIV. Integration of HIV treatment with primary care services improves effectiveness, efficiency and equity in service delivery. The study sought to establish service delivery factors that influenced utilization of integrated HIV and primary health care services in Embu Teaching and Referral hospital. A descriptive cross-sectional survey design was used to collect data at a specific period and point of time from a sample of 302 seropositive clients who were selected using simple random method. Data collection tool was structured and semi-structured questionnaire. The tool was reliable at Cronbach’s alpha of 0.817. SPSS version 23 was used to analyze the data. A binary logistic regression model was used to predict the relationship between service delivery and utilization of integrated services. Results: Majority of the respondents (59.6%) were aged over 35 years with majority being female (58.9%) and the married were 57.6% of the total sample. On service delivery factors, majority (94.7%) felt that their health status had improved. Action taken when clients developed side effects, 78.8% reported that the drugs were changed. Action taken following drug side effects significantly affected utilization, χ2 = 1.305, p = 0.001, df = 1. The findings showed that waiting time significantly influenced utilization, χ2 = 9.284, df = 1, p = 0.002. Source of information on self care also significantly influenced utilization, χ2 = 10.689, df = 1, p = 0.001. Kind of treatment at the facility also significantly influenced utilization, χ2 = 5.713, p = 0.048. Conclusion: significant factors that influenced utilization of integrated services were source of health care information, secondly waiting time was another factor which influenced utilization. Majority of the respondents were satisfied with duration of time they take before they were served;they reported to take utmost 1 hour to be attended to and action taken by health care provider following side effects was another factor that influenced the utilization.展开更多
背景疾病诊断相关组(diagnosis related groups,DRGs)作为一种新的医疗支付方式,不仅综合考虑了疾病复杂性及严重度,还考虑了医疗需要及资源使用强度。目的探讨DRGs数据分析在医院绩效评估中的应用效果。方法导入北京市某三甲综合医院(...背景疾病诊断相关组(diagnosis related groups,DRGs)作为一种新的医疗支付方式,不仅综合考虑了疾病复杂性及严重度,还考虑了医疗需要及资源使用强度。目的探讨DRGs数据分析在医院绩效评估中的应用效果。方法导入北京市某三甲综合医院(以下简称某院)2015年(模拟DRGs付费第1年)出院的医保病例,共计123591例。以住院医疗服务能力和专科能力建设为测算核心,选取DRGs组数、病例组合指数、费用消耗指数、时间消耗指数、低风险和中低风险死亡率为测算指标。选取北京市同等级同类别的三甲医院为标杆医院,标杆医院2015年同时期出院的医保病例10000例为标杆数据。通过对某院各专业与标杆医院相对应专业的比较,了解某院各专业医疗服务现状、资源使用和质量安全情况。结果2015年某院医保患者出院病例123591例,其中入组113402例,未入组10189例,入组率91.7%。某院涉及DRGs组数751组,标杆医院DRGs组数639组;某院病例组合指数(case mix index,CMI)为1.21,标杆医院1.34;某院费用消耗指数1.40,标杆医院1.20;某院时间消耗指数0.98,标杆医院0.84;某院低风险死亡率0.01%,标杆医院0;某院中低风险死亡率0.10%,标杆医院0.09%。与标杆医院比较,某院DRG组数较多,CMI较低,费用消耗和时间消耗指数较高,低风险和中低风险死亡率略高。结论与标杆医院DRGs数据比较,某院疾病诊疗广度较高,医疗技术难度较低,绝大多数病组费用偏高,但平均住院日控制较好,医院可以在基本绩效政策不动摇的前提下,较好地运用DRGs方法进行测算评估,为医院工作提供借鉴和思路。展开更多
文摘The activism of patients associations, in decision making, about health and social services, is an expanding phenomenon in Italy and elsewhere. But the civic roles of these patients associations, in health care settings, remain largely unexplored, especially in the case of patients assuming oral anticoagulant therapy （OAT Patients） for various chronic and severe diseases （stroke, chronic arthritis, maintenance or substitution of cardiac valves）. This is a qualitative study, on a Civic Health Organization, the Italian Association of Anti Coagulant Patients （Associazione ltaliana Pazienti Anticolagulati, hereinafter A.I.P.A.） which promotes the rights of OAT patients. The study was carried out in the south of Italy at Cosenza＇s Hospital. Cosenza is a city in the north of Calabria, a poor Southern Italian region. The research, done between March 2010 and December 2012, involved focus groups, key-informant interviews with volunteers from the local A.I.P.A. unit and the hospital professionals （physicians, nurses, managers） of Cosenza＇s Annunziata Hospital. This essay mainly analyzes a micro-form of co-deliberative health care democracy： a stable partnership between AIPA members and the cited hospital professionals, based on a mix of advocacy, planning, and co-delivery service roles. In doing this, the paper sketches the development, aims, activities, internal structure and resources, and the role played by this specific citizen-user/patient/career organization in promoting and/or representing the interests of anti-coagulated patients within the legal arena of the Italian health policy. Finally, the paper comes to the point in which OAT patients refer their perceptions of relational rights.
文摘Globally, there are approximately 36.7 million people living with HIV. Integration of HIV treatment with primary care services improves effectiveness, efficiency and equity in service delivery. The study sought to establish service delivery factors that influenced utilization of integrated HIV and primary health care services in Embu Teaching and Referral hospital. A descriptive cross-sectional survey design was used to collect data at a specific period and point of time from a sample of 302 seropositive clients who were selected using simple random method. Data collection tool was structured and semi-structured questionnaire. The tool was reliable at Cronbach’s alpha of 0.817. SPSS version 23 was used to analyze the data. A binary logistic regression model was used to predict the relationship between service delivery and utilization of integrated services. Results: Majority of the respondents (59.6%) were aged over 35 years with majority being female (58.9%) and the married were 57.6% of the total sample. On service delivery factors, majority (94.7%) felt that their health status had improved. Action taken when clients developed side effects, 78.8% reported that the drugs were changed. Action taken following drug side effects significantly affected utilization, χ2 = 1.305, p = 0.001, df = 1. The findings showed that waiting time significantly influenced utilization, χ2 = 9.284, df = 1, p = 0.002. Source of information on self care also significantly influenced utilization, χ2 = 10.689, df = 1, p = 0.001. Kind of treatment at the facility also significantly influenced utilization, χ2 = 5.713, p = 0.048. Conclusion: significant factors that influenced utilization of integrated services were source of health care information, secondly waiting time was another factor which influenced utilization. Majority of the respondents were satisfied with duration of time they take before they were served;they reported to take utmost 1 hour to be attended to and action taken by health care provider following side effects was another factor that influenced the utilization.
文摘背景疾病诊断相关组(diagnosis related groups,DRGs)作为一种新的医疗支付方式,不仅综合考虑了疾病复杂性及严重度,还考虑了医疗需要及资源使用强度。目的探讨DRGs数据分析在医院绩效评估中的应用效果。方法导入北京市某三甲综合医院(以下简称某院)2015年(模拟DRGs付费第1年)出院的医保病例,共计123591例。以住院医疗服务能力和专科能力建设为测算核心,选取DRGs组数、病例组合指数、费用消耗指数、时间消耗指数、低风险和中低风险死亡率为测算指标。选取北京市同等级同类别的三甲医院为标杆医院,标杆医院2015年同时期出院的医保病例10000例为标杆数据。通过对某院各专业与标杆医院相对应专业的比较,了解某院各专业医疗服务现状、资源使用和质量安全情况。结果2015年某院医保患者出院病例123591例,其中入组113402例,未入组10189例,入组率91.7%。某院涉及DRGs组数751组,标杆医院DRGs组数639组;某院病例组合指数(case mix index,CMI)为1.21,标杆医院1.34;某院费用消耗指数1.40,标杆医院1.20;某院时间消耗指数0.98,标杆医院0.84;某院低风险死亡率0.01%,标杆医院0;某院中低风险死亡率0.10%,标杆医院0.09%。与标杆医院比较,某院DRG组数较多,CMI较低,费用消耗和时间消耗指数较高,低风险和中低风险死亡率略高。结论与标杆医院DRGs数据比较,某院疾病诊疗广度较高,医疗技术难度较低,绝大多数病组费用偏高,但平均住院日控制较好,医院可以在基本绩效政策不动摇的前提下,较好地运用DRGs方法进行测算评估,为医院工作提供借鉴和思路。
