Quality can be measured in health and social care

Quality can be
measured in health
and social care
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Introduction
 In the clinical setting, the quality of
providing care has gained increased
attention for preventing clinical errors and
premature mortality rate
 The recent statistics of the clinical setting of
United Kingdom suggested that 1.5% of
medication errors are observed due to poor
quality of health care1.
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------1. Www.manchester.ac.uk. More than 200 million medication errors occur in NHS per year, say researchers, 2020. Retrieved 10
April 2020, from https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/more-than-200-million-medication-errors-occur-in-nhs-per-year-say-
researchers/

Strategies for measuring quality
The quality indicator measurement as well as monitoring
serves many purposes such as consistent quality
improvement, improve patient satisfaction, reduce
clinical errors and reduce health care expenditure
 Medication errors: Interview and assessment of
document 4.
 Number of patients living a healthy life: feedback
after receiving care 3.
 Readmission of patients: audit of the number of
readmission per year 2.
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