英文摘要 |
Clinical pathway has been shown that this approach in patient care improves quality of care and reduces costs. The goals of this study were to evaluate our psychiatric clinical interventions, excepted patient outcomes, and to develop a clinical pathway for schizophrenic inpatients in our culture. Methods: A structural questionnaire was then formulated to ensure the clinical validity of the pathway. Multidisciplinary provider team members in three veteran general hospitals psychiatric inpatient units were given the questionnaire and rated the pathway on a five point scale. Of all the questionnaires that were returned, one hundred and thirty were included in the study. Data was screened and analyzed by ?boxplot 75% of the measures? Kruskal Wallis Test, and Bonferroni Test. The final product was reviewed and determined valid by 10 psychiatric experts. Results: Of 100 interventions of the clinical pathway 65 were validated. The 53 patient outcomes were modified to have 37 items.The data showed psychiatrists and nurses played most important roles in the treatment team.The study suggested the medical basic cost was 49705 points. That is very difficult to be revenue and expenditure balance for haspital menagement. This study could be a reference for psychiatric facilities as they plan to develop their clinical pathways provided important data for Health insurance companies to establish their diagnosis related group payment standard. Future studies are needed to apply the pathway to patient care and make modifications as necessary; and to identify variance that might interfere with the study results. |