Why do you need to identify health and healthcare needs? (x3)
- Determine how serious needs are
- Determine how expensive needs are
- Determine how common needs are
Issues involved in identifying health and healthcare need? x2
- Availability of information
* Confidentiality of information
Deaths (Major Causes) x4
- Circulatory disease
- Neoplasms
- Respiratory disease
- Other
Systematic Errors Denominators x3
- Population used
- Population definition (type of demographic)
- Population count or estimates
What three overarching factors may explain significant results in data?
- Chance variation
- Artefactual errors (numerator/denominator)
- Real phenomenon (natural, medical care effects)
Give examples of targets and 3x facts to consider when analysing them
EXAMPLE GP Quality & Outcomes framework MB, CHB assesment CONSIDER
- Appropriateness of measure
- Suitability of target level
- Consuential effects
Give and example of where rankings are used and 3x factos to consider when analysing them
EXAMPLES * Hospital MRSA rates * Sixth Form A level results CONSIDER * Appropriatness of comparison * Significane of comparison * Stability of rankings
Give five contentious issues when monitoring healthcare peformance
PURPOSE - Monitor the past vs inform the future USERS - Managersvs Academics QUALITY - Realtime datavs validated data COMPARABILITY - comparablevs customised RELATIONSHIP - integral vs independent PUBLICATION - internal to NHSvs external to public ACCESS - Data Protectionvs Freedom of Info FUNDING - NHS financevs private finance
