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Summary
Moraes DPM. Structuring a Hospital Speech and Language Service
[dissertation]. São Paulo: ―Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São
Paulo‖; 2010. 62p.
Background: Measuring and improving the quality of health services is an
important and ongoing challenge. The implementation of control tools such
as panel of indicators and balanced scorecard (BSC) has grown in the health
sector management. This dissertation proposes a panel of indicators for the
management of Speech and Language services at Hospital Units. Method:
Four stages were established for the panel of indicators design: identifying
procedures to be managed, generating indicators and standardizing data
collection, identifying the correlation among indicators, and formulating the
panel of indicators. Results: Twelve performance indicators were proposed.
These were correlated in a cause and effect chain: Swallowing Evaluation
Index, the Individual Care Index, The Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)
Care Index, the Number of Assisted Patients Index, the Severity Rate, the
Swallowing Diagnosis Rate per Hospital Unit, the Swallowing Rehabilitation
Demand Index, the Time until First Swallowing Evaluation; the SLP Index per
Hospital Bed, the Time until Removal of Feeding Tube, the Time until
Reintroduction of Oral Feeding, and the Time until Decannulation.
Conclusion: The panel of indicators proposed promotes the swallowing
rehabilitation management at hospital units. The implementation of this tool
allows the performance analysis of services over time, after the inclusion of
new processes or technologies, and allows comparison to other services
considered references in the area. Measuring indicators is essential for
quality management. Management through indicators gives evidence to the
efficacy and efficiency of swallowing rehabilitation programs.
Descriptors: Indicators, Dysphagia, Speech, language and hearing sciences,
Outcomes evaluation (Health care), Quality Control.