Assessment of some components of quality of patient care in general medical wards in the National hospital of Sri Lanka

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dc.contributor.authorGUNATUNGA, CKen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-02-14T08:15:57Z
dc.date.available2011-02-14T08:15:57Z
dc.date.created1998en_US
dc.date.issued1998en_US
dc.descriptionDissertation: M.Sc.(Community Medicine), Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, Colombo: PGIM , 1998.en_US
dc.description.abstractA descriptive study to assess some components of quality of patient care was carried out over a period of three months in general medical wards of NHSL. Patients who were diagnosed as having Bronchial Asthma, Diabetes Mellitus and Ischaemic heart disease were interviewed on discharge using a pre tested questionnaire. Two check lists were used to assess the completeness of the Bed Head Ticket and the Diagnosis card. Information provided to the patients at the time of discharge with regard to precautions at home, need of follow up visits, proper use of medicine and other related issues were found to be inadequate. Several omissions such as time of clerking and informations on family history and past drug history were noted in the BHTs. In small proportion of diagnosis cards serious omissions were seen. Majority of patients had a favourable opinion regarding the staff and other facilities available in the wards. Patients' knowledge on their disease was found to be unsatisfactory. It was recommended to provide in service training ro staff and to increase supervision to improve the quality of services related to recording of information on BHTs and diagnosis cards and devote more time to educate patients.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGUNATUNGA, CK, Assessment of some components of quality of patient care in general medical wards in the National hospital of Sri Lanka, Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, Colombo PGIM , 1998: p.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/128169
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherPost Graduate Institute of Medicine, Colombo: PGIM .en_US
dc.rightsPost Graduate Institute of Medicine, Colombo, PGIM : Sri Lanka HELLIS Networken_US
dc.source.urihttps://hellis.srilanka.healthrepository.orgen_US
dc.subjectHealth servicesen_US
dc.subject.meshPatient Careen_US
dc.subject.meshNational health Servicesen_US
dc.subject.meshHospitals, Generalen_US
dc.titleAssessment of some components of quality of patient care in general medical wards in the National hospital of Sri Lankaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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