Authors : Ehsan Mohammadi, Yahya Zaebi, Seyedeh Hoda Mousavi, Mohammad Mahboubi, Mohsen Mohammadi, Alireza Zangeneh, Nasim Hatefi Moadab, Nemat-Allah Chaghazardi, Neda Izadi, Yones Mohammadi, Farzad Soleymani and Omolbanin Atashbahar
Abstract: Performance of the hospital’s emergency department can be evaluated by means of key quantitative and qualitative indicators. Important quantitative indicator, including percent of failed CPR, waiting time duration, percent of released emergency patients with personal responsibility, percent of released emergency patients in specific times, etc. Present study aims to survey emergency department’s performance by means of mentioned indicators during pre and post-health care reform. This was a descriptive and cross-sectional study, implemented during 2013 and 2014, pre and post-health care reform in the public hospitals of Kermanshah province. Data gathered by means of performance indicators in the emergency department were evaluated. Then indicators of these 2 periods were compared by means of the paired independent t-test while p<0.05 was considered to be at a significant level. Among measured indicators, failed CPR (p = 0.025) waiting time duration in level 4 triage (p = 0.012) emergency patient who were settled in 6 h (p = 0.00) patients who moved out of the department in 12 h (p = 0.00) decreased after the implement of health care reform in surveyed hospitals and other indicators didn’t change. Hospitals’ indicators including indicators of emergency department are the most important hospital performance indicators considering various fields. So comprehensive attention to these indicators is necessary because hospital indicators show clearly hospital performance and also hospital’s weaknesses and strengths which are explicit with more thought on these indicators. What’s more its performance has a direct impact on hospital activity, health network and health care system activities.
Ehsan Mohammadi, Yahya Zaebi, Seyedeh Hoda Mousavi, Mohammad Mahboubi, Mohsen Mohammadi, Alireza Zangeneh, Nasim Hatefi Moadab, Nemat-Allah Chaghazardi, Neda Izadi, Yones Mohammadi, Farzad Soleymani and Omolbanin Atashbahar, 2016. Emergency Department Performance Evaluation Indicators in Pre and Post-Health Care Reform in Kermanshah Public Hospitals. Research Journal of Medical Sciences, 10: 54-59.