Pasat Package Program in the evaluation of perinatal care quality in the Podlasie province in the light of the World Health Organization guidelines

• Authors: Bożena Kulesza-Brończyk , Wiesław Półjanowicz , Marek Kulikowski , Sławomir J. Terlikowski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Evaluation of health care quality in perinatal period based on particular statistical data and Pasat package program might be a good measure of a particular hospital’s functioning. In order to evaluate the level of perinatal care, WHO guidelines ought to be implemented. Patients’ satisfaction is considered the main criterion in this evaluation. Thus, the aim of the study was individual evaluation of perinatal care at a particular obstetric facility in the Podlasie province taking into account WHO guidelines. The study was implemented with the use of: questionnaire interview compiled for the study and standardized tool compiled by Health Care Quality Monitoring Center in Cracow – PASAT package. WHO guidelines are implemented to a limited extent. In the province the number of C-sections refers to 1/3 of the participants (35%). Less than a half of the women (45%) had induced labor. The level of patients’ satisfaction from perinatal care in the Podlasie province is satisfactory. Improvement and educational–organizational actions are required as regards to WHO guidelines implementation in terms of: decreasing the percentage of C-sections, decreasing medical interventions by the reduction of induced labor percentage and encouraging pregnant women to go into physiological labor in vertical positions.

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric
• Year: 2011
• Issue: 25(38)
• Pages: 173-190

Contributors

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Bożena Kulesza-Brończyk

• Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Obstetrics/Gynecological Care, Medical University of Bialystok

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Wiesław Półjanowicz

• Department of Applied Informatics in Education, Institute of Informatics, University of Bialystok

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Marek Kulikowski

• Department of Obstetrics, Medical University of Bialystok

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Sławomir J. Terlikowski

• Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Obstetrics/Gynecological Care, Medical University of Bialystok