Difficulties in quality of health evaluations in the context of an African hospital: experience of the Gynecology-Obstetrics Department of the National Hospital Center of Ouagadougou,Burkina Faso

The quality of medical care was studied in the gyneco-obstetrical department of the National Hospital Center of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Evaluation covered not only facilities, procedures and results, but also patient satisfaction using standardized criteria. The results showed an apparent contrad...

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Published inMédecine tropicale Vol. 56; no. 2; p. 151
Main Authors Testa, J, Zanre, Y Z, Kone, B, Lankouande, J, Sondo, B
Format Magazine Article
LanguageFrench
Published France 1996
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Burkina Faso - epidemiology
Female
Health Services Research - organization & administration
Hospitals, Public
Hospitals, Urban
Humans
Infant Mortality
Infant, Newborn
Maternal Health Services - standards
Maternal Mortality
Medical Records Systems, Computerized
Middle Aged
Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital - standards
Patient Satisfaction
Quality of Health Care
Burkina Faso
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Summary:The quality of medical care was studied in the gyneco-obstetrical department of the National Hospital Center of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Evaluation covered not only facilities, procedures and results, but also patient satisfaction using standardized criteria. The results showed an apparent contradiction between poor facilities and high maternal and prenatal mortality rate on the one hand and proper use of procedures and good patient satisfaction on the other. Installation of a computerized medical record system should allow continuous monitoring of the quality of care in the context of a sub-Saharan hospital by providing ready access to simple standardized indicators especially of maternal and prenatal mortality.
ISSN:0025-682X