Rev Epidemiol Sante
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To select a set of quality indicators (QI) in order to test them in a panel of 36 French hospitals ⋯ Such a set of QI provides a foundation for developing a quality measurement system in French hospitals. It requires a pragmatic view for implementing them and a coherence between the different objectives of use (internal and external use).
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Rev Epidemiol Sante · Sep 2005
Multicenter Study[Patient-related factors and professional practices associated with postoperative pain].
Unrelieved postoperative pain is reported despite of widely defined standards for postoperative pain management. The objective of this study was to identify the relationship between patient characteristics, medical practices and outcomes (severe post-operative pain and patient satisfaction). ⋯ There are two ways to improve pain management: first the quality of the analgesic prescription particularly for painful surgical procedures and secondly the administration of the prescribed analgesia.