Measuring the quality of care provided to women with pelvic organ prolapse.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Health care providers are increasingly being evaluated by the quality of care they provide. Our aim was to assess the feasibility of recently developed quality indicators (QIs) for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and identify possible deficits in care.

Study design

A panel ranked 14 QIs based on the RAND appropriateness method assessing screening and diagnosis, pessary management, and surgery for POP. Retrospective chart abstraction was performed after identifying patients with a diagnosis of POP evaluated within a hospital-based multispecialty group using International Classification of Diseases, ninth edition, diagnosis codes.

Results

Of 283 patients identified, 98% of those with a new complaint of vaginal bulge had a pelvic examination. The POP was described

SUBMITTER: Alas AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5063252 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature