Qualidade da assistência hospitalar: avaliação da satisfação dos usuários durante seu período de internação / Quality of hospital care: evaluation of user satisfaction during hospitalization

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

Health professionals have been concerned about assuring the quality of health care. These professionals have their practice based on the Single Health System?s principles of equity, universal access, integral care, health care regionalization and hierarchy, social participation and control, and on the development of problem solving capacities. In addition to these guidelines, attachment, embracement, and humanization are part of the process for the reconstruction of health policies, which aims to assure the quality of care. The study presents the construction of the research problem, in which the following were performed: a reflection about the organization of public health policies, a theoretical review on the influences of administration theories on health, and a critical analysis of the implementation of health care programs. Special emphasis is given to the Total Quality Management Model, which guided the health quality approach. The analysis is focused on total quality and on the theoretical consideration about satisfaction as an indicator to evaluate the quality of health care services. The research had the purpose to evaluate users? satisfaction in terms of having their needs met during hospitalization, as an element to evaluate quality. The methodology was qualitative and data were collected through participant observation and focal group. Analysis of subjects? speeches was performed following Donabedian?s model, which comprises structure, process, and results. Structure refers to the tangible aspects of environment, human and material resources, equipment, and skills. Process includes the following subcategories: access, care, working process, treatment, and diagnosis. Results involve problem solving capacities, strategies used to increase the problem solving capacity of health care actions, and the hospital meeting users? needs. The analysis categories pointed out participants? satisfaction with respect to the care provided. Participants based their opinions on items concerning structure, process, and results. In regards to the category process, the participants indicated attributes about health care based on technical dimension and the relation patient-health care provider. As to results, the participants considered that the actions provided problem solution, which means quality of the care provided. Nonetheless, based on the personal experience of observing the empirical field, the researcher concluded that quality of health care is not taken into account in the organization of the working process

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satisfação do paciente qualidade da assistência à saúde quality of health care patient satisfaction avaliação evaluation

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