Seyyed Mohammad Mehdi Heydari Baghdad Abadi, Alireza Maetoofi, Ali Farhadi Mahali, Mojtaba Tabari,
Volume 23, Issue 2 (8-2024)
Abstract
Background and purpose: Hospitals play a critical role in promoting public health and well-being in social contexts. This necessitates codified standards aimed at maintaining treatment quality and enhancing social satisfaction. Hospital accreditation policy evaluation is considered a systematic process that can have significant social and functional implications for hospitals. This study aims to present an evaluation model of hospital accreditation policy based on the process of paradigmatic phenomenology.
Methods: Using Husserl's (1970) phenomenological approach, this study developed a paradigmatic evaluation model in five analytical steps. First, through interviews with experts and open coding, propositional themes related to the phenomenon under study were identified. A focus group was then formed to discuss and analyze these propositions. Each proposition was scored using the Q-method checklist, with scores ranging from +6 to -6, to identify paradigmatic clusters.
Results: During the qualitative analysis, 16 interviews resulted in 138 open codes. After eliminating redundancies and overlapping codes, 50 propositional themes were finalized. These themes were organized into conceptual clusters within the framework of paradigmatic phenomenology, following Husserl's methodological steps.
Conclusion: The study's findings underscore the formation of a hospital accreditation policy evaluation model structured around causal, intervening, contextual conditions, strategies, and outcomes. This model has the potential to enhance the effectiveness of healthcare service delivery and improve the overall quality of treatment in society.
