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Quality of Care for Women
A Review of Selected Clinical Conditions and Quality Indicators
This report is one of five volumes providing detailed information on the QA Tools, RAND's comprehensive, clinically based system for assessing quality of care for children and adults. The QA Tools indicators encompass screening, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up in 46 clinical areas and cover a variety of modes of providing care, including history, physical examination, laboratory study, medication, and other interventions and contacts.Development of each indicator was based on the ratings of a panel of experts in the relevant fields and on a focused review of the scientific literature, which is clearly documented for each clinical condition. This volume focuses on indicators for care of women. Each chapter summarizes the results of the literature review for a particular condition, provides RAND staff's recommended indicators based on that review, and lists the cited studies. In addition, this work details the process by which the expert panel evaluated the indicators and the final disposition of each indicator. Clinical conditions covered in this volume are: Acne, alcohol dependence, allergic rhinitis, asthma, breast mass, cesarean delivery, cigarette use counseling, depression, diabetes mellitus, family planning/contraception, headache, hypertension, acute low back pain, prenatal care, preterm labor-cortisosteroids for fetal maturation, preventive care, upper respiratory infections, urinary tract infection, vaginitis and sexually transmitted diseases. Other RAND Health titles on the QA Tools system focus on indicators for general medicine, oncology and HIV, cardiopulmonary conditions, and care of children and adolescents.
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General Medical ConditionsOncologic Conditions and HIVCardiopulmonary ConditionsChildren and Adolescents
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Pages: 446
ISBN/EAN: 0-8330-2923-1
Contents
Preface PDF
Tables PDF
Figures PDF
Acknowledgments PDF
Introduction PDF
Chapter 1:
Acne PDF
Chapter 2:
Alcohol Dependence PDF
Chapter 3:
Allrgic Rhinitis PDF
Chapter 4:
Asthma PDF
Chapter 5:
Breast Mass PDF
Chapter 6:
Cesarean Delivery PDF
Chapter 7:
Cigarette Use Counseling PDF
Chapter 8:
Depression PDF
Chapter 9:
Diabetes Mellitus PDF
Chapter 10:
Family Planning/Contraception PDF
Chapter 11:
Headache PDF
Chapter 12:
Hypertension PDF
Chapter 13:
Low Back Pain (Acute) PDF
Chapter 14:
Prenatal Care PDF
Chapter 15:
Preterm Labor, Corticosteroids for Fetal Maturation PDF
Chapter 16:
Preventive Care PDF
Chapter 17:
Upper Respiratory Infections PDF
Chapter 18:
Urinary Tract Infections PDF
Chapter 19:
Vaginitis and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Diagnosis and Treatment PDF
Appendix A:
Definitions for Indicator Tables PDF
Appendix B:
Panel Ratings Sheets by Condition PDF
Appendix C:
Crosswalk Table of Original and Final Indicators PDF
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