Application of DMAIC Cycle and Modeling as Tools for Health Technology Assessment in a University Hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is used to evaluate health services, manage healthcare processes more efficiently, and compare medical technologies. The aim of this paper is to carry out an HTA study that compares two pharmacological therapies and provides the clinicians with two models to predict the length of hospital stay (LOS) of patients undergoing oral cavity cancer surgery on the bone tissue.

Methods

The six Sigma method was used as a tool of HTA; it is a technique of quality management and process improvement that combines the use of statistics with a five-step procedure: "Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control" referred to in the acronym DMAIC. Subsequently, multiple linear regression has been used to create two models. Two groups of patients w

SUBMITTER: Ponsiglione AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8387173 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature