Gulelat, Bethelehem (2014) Assessment on the Implementation of Hospital Reform Guideline with Reference to Pharmacy Service in Addis Ababa. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.
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Abstract
The Ethiopian hospital reform which is develop in 2010 is one of the important documents which established standardized, more patient oriented service in hospitals along with tools to monitor the performance. And one of the chapter in the document discussed minimum standards of hospital pharmaceutical service with its indicators. This study was performed to assess the implementation of Hospital Reform Guidelines in Addis Ababa with reference to Pharmacy service. The study employed a descriptive, cross sectional study design, using both quantitative and qualitative methods between August and November, 2013.As data collection technique the study used structured observation, in-depth interview and selfadministered questionnaire. The quantitative data was entered and analyzed by a research data electronically capturing soft – ware called RedCap. Whereas, the qualitative data was analyzed thematically. Fifty percent of participating hospitals have quality offices over all do monitoring and evaluation. Most of this hospitals governed by FMOH. On the other hand, those hospitals under AACAHO do not have such office (except one hospital). Although FMOH and AACAHO hospitals follow different implementation processes, there is no big difference regarding the awareness level of pharmacy professionals. But there is a difference in the outcome of hospital performance. The awareness of pharmacy professionals about EHRIG was around 61% and the implementation of the 12 operational standards included in pharmacy chapter of EHRIG was found to be in range 33% – 83%. Regarding challenge, all hospitals face problems associated with motivation, and commitment of pharmacy professionals towards their job.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Ethiopian Hospital Reform Implementation Guideline |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RS Pharmacy and materia medica |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Vincent Mpoza |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jul 2018 13:03 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Jul 2018 13:03 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/6630 |
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