CONTROL OF THE QUALITY OF MEDICAL CARE TO WOMEN DURING PREGNANCY AND LABOR

Objective. To define the common components of measures to control the quality of medical care delivered to women during pregnancy and labor at the level of a health care facility (self-control). Material and methods. The current normative legal acts regulating requirements for a procedure to render medical aid to women during pregnancy and labor are analyzed. Results. The individual components of control of the quality of medical care given to women during pregnancy and labor were identified. Conclusion. The common components of control of the quality of medical care to women during pregnancy and labor at the level of a health care facility are to evaluate the clinical and economic efficiency of rendered medical care in terms of the quality criteria, requirements, and standards established by the current legislation, to monitor patients’ satisfaction via polls, to make a patient feedback, and to establish a priority of work with complaints and applications.

quality control, quality criteria, obstetric practice