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- Title
Healthcare Quality: A Concept Analysis.
- Authors
Allen‐Duck, Angela; Robinson, Jennifer C.; Stewart, Mary W.
- Abstract
Worsening quality indicators of health care shake public trust. Although safety and quality of care in hospitals can be improved, healthcare quality remains conceptually and operationally vague. Therefore, the aim of this analysis is to clarify the concept of healthcare quality. Walker and Avant's method of concept analysis, the most commonly used in nursing literature, provided the framework. We searched general and medical dictionaries, public domain websites, and 5 academic literature databases. Search terms included health care and quality, as well as healthcare and quality. Peer-reviewed articles and government publications published in English from 2004 to 2016 were included. Exclusion criteria were related concepts, discussions about the need for quality care, gray literature, and conference proceedings. Similar attributes were grouped into themes during analysis. Forty-two relevant articles were analyzed after excluding duplicates and those that did not meet eligibility. Following thematic analysis, 4 defining attributes were identified: (1) effective, (2) safe, (3) culture of excellence, and (4) desired outcomes. Based on these attributes, the definition of healthcare quality is the assessment and provision of effective and safe care, reflected in a culture of excellence, resulting in the attainment of optimal or desired health. This analysis proposes a conceptualization of healthcare quality that defines its implied foundational components and has potential to improve the provision of quality care. Theoretical and practice implications presented promote a fuller, more consistent understanding of the components that are necessary to improve the provision of healthcare and steady public trust.
- Subjects
CINAHL database; CLINICAL medicine; CONCEPTS; CORPORATE culture; INFORMATION storage &; retrieval systems; MEDICAL databases; PSYCHOLOGY information storage &; retrieval systems; EVALUATION of medical care; MEDICAL quality control; MEDLINE; ONLINE information services; PATIENT safety; QUALITY assurance; SYSTEMATIC reviews; KEY performance indicators (Management); THEMATIC analysis
- Publication
Nursing Forum, 2017, Vol 52, Issue 4, p377
- ISSN
0029-6473
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/nuf.12207