Investigating the Effect of Establishing Accreditation Standards on the Rate of Mortality of Patients in Selected Hospitals of Mashhad

Subject Areas : medical documents

Zahra  Abedi ¹ (MA Department of Health Services Management, Sciences and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)
پوران  رئیسی ² (Professor,Department of Health Services Management, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran)
Leila  Riahi ³ (Assistant Professor, Department of Health Services Management, Sciences and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)

Received: 2018-11-14 Accepted : 2018-12-16 Published : 2018-11-22

Keywords: Mortality, Standards, Accreditation, Hospital,

Abstract :

Introduction: In specialized groups and medical centers, improving patient health through the establishment of standards through the use of accreditation programs is considered progressive. One of the indicators for monitoring the health of a community is death. The overall aim of this study was to examine the relationship between the establishment of accreditation standards and mortality rates in selected hospitals. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 1396 with a statistical population of all hospitals in Mashhad, in which 10 hospitals were selected as samples. The findings of this study consisted of accreditation scores of hospitals, along with mortality rates, and hospital admissions before and after the implementation of accreditation standards. The method of data collection was fieldwork and the checklist was completed by the researcher. In this research, descriptive statistics (percentages, frequency, mean and standard deviations) were used to analyze the data and t-test was used to extend the results. Results: Findings of the mortality ratio to hospital admission showed that according to the probability value of 0.027, which is less than 5%, the assumption of the statistical zero means the equality of the meanings is rejected. And given the positive upper and lower limit, the mean of mortality ratio has been higher than implementation of standards than this ratio after the implementation of validation standards. Conclusion: There is a significant relationship between the implementation of accreditation standards with the mortality ratio in the hospitals; the establishment of these standards can reduce hospital mortality rates.

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