Evaluation Indexes of Military Hospitals From the Experts’ Perspective: A Qualitative Study

Given the importance of evaluation in an organization and considering the objectives and missions of military hospitals, we aimed to extract some indexes (in addition to common evaluation indexes) for use in evaluating military hospitals. This was an applied-type qualitative study. The participants...

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Published inDisaster medicine and public health preparedness Vol. 9; no. 4; pp. 409 - 414
Main Authors Ameryoun, Ahmad, Haghdoost, Ali Akbar, Zaboli, Rouhollah, Mirzaei, Tayebeh, Tofighi, Shahram, Shamsi, Mohammad Amin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.08.2015
Subjects
Accreditation
Capacity development
Concepts in Disaster Medicine
Content analysis
Disaster Planning - methods
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Health care
Hospitals
Hospitals, Military - standards
Humans
Interviews
Methods
Military
Patient satisfaction
Public health
Qualitative research
Studies
Third party
Training
United States
United States
Iran
disaster planning
disasters
military hospitals
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Summary:Given the importance of evaluation in an organization and considering the objectives and missions of military hospitals, we aimed to extract some indexes (in addition to common evaluation indexes) for use in evaluating military hospitals. This was an applied-type qualitative study. The participants were 15 health experts who were first chosen by a purposeful sampling, which was then continued by theoretical sampling. The data obtained were analyzed by using MAXQDA11 software and the content analysis method. After 290 obtained codes were analyzed, 17 indexes in 6 domains were extracted, including capacity development for crisis periods, equipment and facilities, training and research, passive defense, treatment, and services, from which 8 indexes were related to capacity development for crisis periods and equipment and facilities (4 indexes each), 3 indexes were related to services, and 6 indexes were related to training and research, passive defense, and treatment (2 indexes each). The results of the present research, as a supplement to current evaluation methods such as accreditation, can be used for the comprehensive evaluation of military hospitals. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2015;9:409–414)
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ISSN:1935-7893
1938-744X
DOI:10.1017/dmp.2015.55