QUALITY OF SPECIALIZED OUT-PATIENT HEALTH CARE TO CHILDREN WITH PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEMS

Abstract

In current study the quality of the main processes of specialized out-patient health care to children with psychiatric problems was studied according to the method of expert judgment. Integral characteristics of the psychiatric aid quality were analyzed in view of assessment of their components. During the assessment the overuse of diagnostic procedures and insufficient (up to total absence) control of efficacy of performed treatment were revealed. The higher rate of defects was found in documentations of adolescents. The received data allowed to determine the necessity of performing a number of organizational changes in activity of pediatric psychiatric health care unit.

Keywords

• quality of health care
• expert judgment
• psychiatric aid
• out-patient health care
• children