[Process and outcome quality in inpatient care: a contribution to evaluation and quality assurance in child and adolescent psychiatry].
In a prospective study individual symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and goal-attainment were assessed in the total sample of in-patients during a one year period. As a contribution to quality-assurance we investigated the conditions under which the provided treatment can be helpful for our patients. The study focused on the quality of treatment and the documentation of diagnostic and treatment services provided. The results show that methodologies used in evaluation studies have to adapt to the subjective experience of individual disorders and the therefore resulting distress children and their families suffer from. Improvements and the operationalization of outcome-quality have also to be measured by these parameters.
Reisel
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Abteilung Allgemeine Pädiatrie, Universitätsklinik für Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde Wien.
Floquet
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Leixnering
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D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D003954:Diagnostic Services / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome