Quality Improvement in Health Care (한국의료질향상학회지)
- Volume 2 Issue 2
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- Pages.72-111
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- 1996
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- 1225-7613(pISSN)
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- 2288-078X(eISSN)
The Development of the Evaluation Tool of Group Occupational Health Program for Workers of Small and Medium Sized Industries
중소기업 근로자 보건관리대행기관 QA 평가지표의 개발과정
- Cho, Soo-Hun (Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine Seoul National University) ;
- Kim, Sun-Min (Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine Seoul National University) ;
- Kim, Chang-Yup (Department of Health Policy and Management, College of Medicine Seoul National University) ;
- Hong, Yun-Chul (Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine Inha University) ;
- Ha, Eun-Hee (Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine Ewha Women's University)
- 조수헌 (서울대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
- 김선민 (서울대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
- 김창엽 (서울대학교 의과대학 의료관리학교실) ;
- 홍윤철 (인하대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
- 하은희 (이화여자대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실)
- Published : 1996.04.15
Abstract
Background: Group occupational health program by non-for-profit agency, started five years ago, for management of health problems in small and medium sized industries, is one of the measures to cope with limited human and financial resources in occupational health. The program has been rapidly expanding to include 54 participating institutions, private as well as public, all over the country. In spite of its potential impact on health of employees and practice of occupational health in small and medium sized industries, comprehensive evaluation in terms of quality has not been tried. Objectives : The aim of this study are to develop and apply criteria to assess quality of newly developed Korean group occupational health program. Methods : By defining occupational health services, in particular for small and medium sized industries, as one of the primary health care, we included followings as core elements of sound occupational health program; accessibility, continuity, intersectoral collaboration, comprehensiveness, community participation, technical quality, adequacy, focus on preventive services, acceptability, and workers' satisfaction. Again we divided each elements into five major components of national health system infrastructures developed by World Health Organization; development of health resources organized arrangement or resources, delivery of health care, economic support, and management. In turn, we categorized each component into input, process and outcome aspects. After discussions in expert panel, several criteria were selected for evaluation of program. The criteria were modified according to each group of interviewees. Results: We developed five sets of questionnaire that evaluate the quality of 'Group occupational health program'. Conclusion : The refining of the measurement tool and the continuing evaluation process for the 'Group occupational health institute' should be done further.
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