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Saupe-Heide, M., Gerlich, C., Lukasczik, M., Musekamp, G., Neuderth, S. and Vogel, H. (2013). External Quality Assurance in Inpatient Medical Rehabilitation and Prevention Centers for Mothers, Fathers and Children: Development of Instruments for Assessing Structural Quality. Rehabilitation, 52 (6). S. 368 - 375. STUTTGART: GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG. ISSN 1439-1309

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Abstract

Aim of the study: As required by German law, inpatient institutions offering prevention and rehabilitation measures for mothers, fathers and children are obliged to implement external quality assurance measures. In 2 pilot projects funded by the German federal association of health insurance funds, external quality assurance procedures for in-hospital prevention and rehabilitation of mothers and fathers were analyzed with the aim of developing a set of instruments for the description of structural characteristics in this area of health care and to evaluate its appropriateness. Concerning structure-related quality, the project included a) designing and evaluating a questionnaire, b) the definition of assessment criteria for subsequent comparative data analyses, and c) the description and documentation of the current state in the field of rehabilitation and prevention for mothers, fathers and children. Method: To document structural quality comprehensively, a modular questionnaire was developed and tested in a survey of 115 inpatient prevention and rehabilitation institutions for mothers, fathers and children. Involving an expert panel, preliminary basic and selection criteria were defined in order to assure a conducive assessment with regard to structural attributes. Results: The majority of institutions had provider agreements for both prevention and rehabilitation. Measures for mothers/fathers with children were predominant; only 7 institutions exclusively treated mothers and fathers. Institution sizes varied strongly. Major indications included psychosomatics, dermatology, and pneumology. Overall, structural conditions of the institutions showed a high standard. Potential for development was found with regard to some aspects of the conceptual framework of institutional practice and the implementation of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) in diagnostics. In this article, the degrees of fulfillment with relation to the structural dimensions are presented, referring to the analysis of the preliminary basic criteria. Conclusions: The developed modular questionnaire tapping structural features of inpatient mother/father-child institutions has proven to be a useful instrument to describe the structural quality in future routine practice of quality assurance. In addition, the data can be used for the definition of the final set of criteria.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Saupe-Heide, M. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Gerlich, C. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Lukasczik, M. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Musekamp, G. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Neuderth, S. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Vogel, H. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-470658
DOI:	10.1055/s-0033-1334917
Journal or Publication Title:	Rehabilitation
Volume:	52
Number:	6
Page Range:	S. 368 - 375
Date:	2013
Publisher:	GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG
Place of Publication:	STUTTGART
ISSN:	1439-1309
Language:	German
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Rehabilitation Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/47065