1. Quality Indicators And Healthcare A First Step To The Evaluation Of A Hospitals Performance Introdução à Medicina 2008/2009 Ana Cristina Pereira Ana Teresa Carapenha Ana Rita Oliveira André Vinha Catarina Vieira Eduardo Freitas João Rebelo Mariana Oliveira Marli Cruz Nuno Ribeiro Victoriano Costa Authors

2. Quality Of Healthcare The indicators are the source of information to evaluate the performance of a hospital. KIRKMAN, Jamie John, BOUAMRA, Omar, 2008. Introdução à Medicina - Turma 10

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4. Values of the indicators as the basis to evaluate healthcare quality. Introdução à Medicina - Turma 10 EDDY, David M., 1998

5. Research Question and Main Aim Introdução à Medicina - Turma 10 How did quality and performance indicators evolve through the years in a central hospital? Our main objective is to calculate these indicators concerning different variables and to have a perspective of the performance of the hospital in case. Definitive conclusions demand a more exaustive study.

6. Introdução à Medicina - Turma 10 Examination of healthcare quality. Definition of a hospitals activity and production. Study of the quality of the data. How will we do this? Specific Aims

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8. Methods SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) Provider of predictive analytics software and solutions. (*) (*) SPSS: The Predictive Analytics Company: http://www.spss.com/corpinfo/?source=homepage&hpzone=nav_bar

9. Introdução à Medicina - Turma 10 Methods DRGs ICD-9-CM ICD-9-CM is the official system of assigning codes to diagnoses and procedures associated with hospital utilization in the United States. (**) A system for classifying patient care by relating common characteristics such as diagnosis, treatment, and age to an expected consumption of hospital resources and length of stay. (*) (*) MeSh definition (**) Classifications of Diseases and Functioning & Disability: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/icd9/abticd9.htm INE The entity responsible for ensuring the production and dissemination of official statistical information. (***) (***) Statistics Portugal: http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_cont_inst&ine_smenu.boui=13918434&INST=53864&xlang=en

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15. References National report on health sector performance indicators 2003 [Internet]. Canberra:. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare; 2004. DIMICK, Justin B., WELCH, H. Gilbert, BIRKMEYER, John D. Surgical Mortality as an Indicator of Hospital Quality: The Problem With Small Sample Size. JAMA. 2004;292:847-851. Classifications of Diseases and Functioning & Disability: International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM). [Cited 2 Dec 2008] Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/icd9/abticd9.htm SPSS: The Predictive Analytics Company. [Cited 16 Dec 2008] Available from: http://www.spss.com/corpinfo/?source=homepage&hpzone=nav_bar Statistics Portugal. [Cited 17 Dec 2008] Available from: http://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_cont_inst&ine_smenu.boui=13918434&INST=53864&xlang=en