Deck 12: Evaluating the Quality of Care

Question 1

Which of the following is a dimension of quality of service?

A) Efficient
B) Timely
C) Effective
D) All of the above

Answer 1

All of the above

Question 2

Criteria for evaluating quality measures include

A) Usability
B) Feasibility
C) A & B
D) None of the above

Answer 2

A & B

Question 3

Conceptual framework for quality assessment includes all but the following

A) Structure
B) Process
C) Procedure
D) Outcome

Answer 3

Procedure

Question 4

Process quality refers to

A) Stable elements in the delivery system
B) Interaction between a patient and a provider
C) Results of efforts to prevent, diagnose and treat various health problems encountered
D) Tracer condition approach

Question 5

Community characteristics are a part of

A) Structural quality
B) Process quality
C) Outcome quality
D) Procedure quality

Question 6

Which of the following methods is not part of the evaluation of medical care processes?

A) Appropriateness
B) Adherence to standards of care
C) Provider characteristics
D) Practice profiling

Question 7

A method of outcome assessment to measure quality of care is

A) Condition-specific approach
B) Practice profiling
C) Consumer ratings
D) Population characteristics

Question 8

The generic approach to examine outcome quality refers to

A) An occurrence that is likely to be associated with poor quality of care
B) An examination of the outcomes for individuals who have a particular diagnosis
C) An examination of outcomes that can be assessed for all individuals regardless of health problems
D) Documentation of the relative use of resources to produce a specific health service

Question 9

In process quality assessment the determination of appropriateness includes how many steps?

A) 3
B) 4
C) 5
D) 6

Question 10

Structural quality measures are determined based on

A) Importance
B) Scientific support
C) Stable elements of the health delivery system
D) Feasibility

Question 11

Mortality is evaluated at the individual level for outcome quality.

Question 12

It is desirable to measure everything that occurs in health care.

Question 13

Scientific support is sometimes used indiscriminately to evaluate quality measures.

Question 14

Patient or family centered services are considered a dimension of quality.

Question 15

The conceptual framework for quality assessment is based on the work of Avedis Donabedian.

Question 16

Outcomes are a dimension of structural quality assessment.

Question 17

Health care organization characteristics are a common approach to measurement in structural quality.

Question 18

A measurement of process quality is provider characteristics.

Question 19

Safety is most often assessed using structural or outcome measures.

Question 20

Condition-specific outcomes are used primarily to evaluate the effectiveness of care.