Discussions with contracted providers, facility in-charges and field managers focused on their perceptions of programme design including accreditation, reimbursements, referral mechanisms, voucher distribution and perceived barriers to programme implementation.
This paper reviews some of the better practices that are available; however, much remains unknown about the role and ideal design of accreditation systems that will accelerate achievement of universal quality coverage.
This model has already started to affect the design, implementation and accreditation of all residency programs in Canada including the assessment of residents.
The research team comprises experienced clinical, organisational and social science researchers, with experience in health services research, quality improvement research, organisational behaviour, survey design, statistical modelling, accreditation research, indicator development, external evaluation and clinical practice.
Although CBA can be used as an allocative efficiency tool for comparing different projects, the requirement to make the costs and benefits explicit in the analysis framework can help clarify the goals, costs and benefits, providing input into the design of future accreditation systems in healthcare.
This study is the first empirical interrupted time series analysis of accreditation designed to examine the impact of accreditation on hospital quality measures.
The results have important implications for health policymakers internationally in terms of designing health service accreditation programmes that accurately monitor a wide range of hospital sizes and types.
This study also identified that an understanding of local change mechanisms and cultural practices is important in designing a sustainable accreditation approach [ 22].
The initial 45Q survey was validated by factor analysis.[ 11, 12] In 1999 the instrument was modified to include additional questions designed for practice accreditation.
A total of 40 Technical and Vocational Education Training Schools were established across the country by the Regional Education Bureaus, which was designed to facilitate accreditation and certification as part of the training.
As a recently developed practice, RSC performance evaluations are needed to improve the design and guide regulatory accreditation.
