Quality Indicator System Research Articles

Public Evaluation of Society in China

This study employs the social quality approach to analyze public evaluation of society in China based on the data of the 2017 Chinese Social Survey. It includes both objective and subjective survey indicators of the conditional factors of social quality, namely, socioeconomic security, social cohesion, social inclusion, and social empowerment, as independent variables. Regression results reveal most of these indicators are significantly related to the overall evaluation of society though with different explanatory power. This study not only helps understand how Chinese people evaluate their society but also calls attention to further improve social quality indicator system.

Evaluating Quality of Ajabshir Groundwater Resources Based on Groundwater Quality Indicator (GQI) and Geographical Information System

Evaluating Quality of Ajabshir Groundwater Resources Based on Groundwater Quality Indicator (GQI) and Geographical Information System

Is China's air pollution control policy effective? Evidence from Yangtze River Delta cities

Abstract: China is currently facing the threat of serious air pollution and has adopted a series of governance policies. However, the fact that PM2.5 indicator in some regions often reached far higher than the official threshold since 2015 has reflected that China's current Air Quality Index system for measuring and evaluating air quality is still not perfect. Therefore, this paper extended the current air quality indicator system officially used by China. Using improved Entropy-weighted Factor Method and Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) Method, we calculated the air quality scores of 26 cities in China's most economically developed region - the Yangtze River Delta region based on their daily average concentration numbers of main air pollutants from February 2015 to January 2018. Based on the air quality calculation result, we further studied the effectiveness of air pollution control policies of this region by using the Box-Jenkins Model with fuzzy strategy parameter adjustment. Our findings are: the pollution control policy is more effective to Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The air quality score of Shanghai has improved by 51.07% compared with its level before the policy. Meanwhile, the air quality improvement in Zhejiang province has shown the characteristics of “Campaign-style Governance” right before the G20 Summit, especially that in Hangzhou, the host city of the Summit. On the other hand, maybe due to late start of air pollution control programs, the cities of Anhui province haven't shown obvious improvements in air quality, and some cities have even seen deterioration in air quality scores during our study period.

Developing medical record-based, healthcare quality indicators for psychiatric hospitals in China: a modified Delphi-Analytic Hierarchy Process study.

To develop a medical record-based, comprehensive system of healthcare quality indicators for psychiatric hospitals in China. A modified Delphi process with analytic hierarchy process (AHP) was used. Twenty nationally-recognized experts were invited to participate in two rounds of Delphi expert consultation and AHP. Fifty potential indicators were included based on literature review, and 20 experts were asked to rate the importance of each indicator using two rounds of email surveys. The AHP was used to determine the relative importance of the finalized quality indicators. The average authoritative coefficient was 0.92 ± 0.07. After two rounds of Delphi consultation, 47 healthcare quality indicators were identified for Chinese psychiatric hospitals. The mean importance ratings ranged from 7.06 to 8.84 on a nine-point scale, with variation coefficients ranging from 0.04 to 0.22. The percentage of full score for potential indicators ranged from 16% to 74%. In two rounds, the Kendall's W coefficients ranged from 0.423 to 0.535. The weights of structure, process and outcome were 0.175, 0.211 and 0.614, respectively. We developed the first set of healthcare quality indicators for psychiatric hospitals in mainland China, and it will provide a standardized and meaningful guide to evaluate the healthcare quality of psychiatric hospitals across the country.

Formulation of a system of indicators of information protection quality in automatic systems of numerical control machines for advanced material processing

Abstract The paper investigates an approach aimed at obtaining the optimal system of information protection quality indicators in automatic systems of universal machines and processing centers with numerical programmed control, used in modern materials processing technologies. The formulation of the optimal system of information protection quality indicators is carried out taking into account the fuzziness of the source data. The mechanisms of the formulation of the system of the information security quality indicators are proposed. The system claims to be optimal in terms of reliability, informativeness and efficiency of collecting and processing observation data.

The Efficiency Estimation of Management Control of Tax Calculations and Obligations in the Organization Management

With the increase of information received every day and the speed of decision-making, management control is becoming one of the most important mechanisms in the system of managing assets, capital and obligations of an organization, ensuring stability, development and economic security. Nowadays, there is an increasing interest of internal users in the process of forming and controlling tax calculations and obligations for the purposes of tactical and strategic management. Further development of the management control of tax calculations and the obligations of an organization largely depends on the development and selection of methods for evaluating its effectiveness. To date, in the economic literature and in practice there is no unified approach to the selection of criteria and indicators for evaluating the management control of tax calculations and obligations. In the opinion of the authors, as criteria that characterize the management control of tax calculations should be used performance and reliability. The purpose of the study is to develop a methodology for assessing the effectiveness of management control of tax calculations and liabilities, which allows to ensure the confidence of internal interested users in the accuracy of the information reflected in accounting and reporting, and also in compliance with the implementation of control compliance of the implementation of management control with established internal requirements. To solve the problem of developing a methodology for assessing the effectiveness of management control of tax calculations and obligations, the following methods were used in the study: systematization, modeling, method of complexity and dialectical method. For the purpose of providing interested users with complete and detailed information on the effectiveness of management control of tax calculations and obligations, it was proposed to disclose its reliability through a system of quality indicators, and the performance through systems of both quality and quantity indicators.

System of quality indicators and the methodology of evaluation of the housing and communal service of the population

Developed a set-theoretic model of the problem of assessing the quality of housing and communal services population, which allows to determine the necessary components and characteristics involved in the formulation of the problem, forming the input data. For resolving the problem of redundancy of indicators to assess the quality of a procedure was developed to identify a minimum set of indicators. A procedure of the analysis of cognitive maps, including recommendations on elimination of redundant indicators.

ФОРМИРОВАНИЕ ПОКАЗАТЕЛЕЙ КАЧЕСТВА УПРАВЛЕНИЯ СОГЛАСОВАННОСТЬЮ ВОЗДЕЙСТВИЙ ФУНКЦИОНАЛОВ ПОДСИСТЕМ НА УСТОЙЧИВОСТЬ РАЗВИТИЯ ПРЕДПРИЯТИЯ

The article develops the quality indicators system for managing the consistency of the impacts of subsystems’ functionality on the sustainability of an enterprise’s development. The basis of the proposed system of indicators is the vector-factor analysis, that allows to represent the impact of the enterprise subsystems’ functionality in the form of actor vectors. The system consists of six indicators, the application of which is suggested to be done depending on the affiliation of the enterprise to a specific organizational and technological structure. A diagram is proposed on the distribution of the zones of coordination of the impacts of the functional subsystems of the enterprise in assessing the sustainability of its development. In accordance with the diagram, four zones are distinguished: the zone of absolute sustainability of development of an enterprise, the zone of normal stability of development, the zone of unsustainable development, and the zone of critical sustainability of development. They are characterized by a different level of coordination of the subsystems’ influence and the development sustainability of the enterprise.

Development of indicators to assure quality of disability evaluation based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health in Taiwan: a Delphi consensus

Purpose: To develop a set of quality indicators (QIs) for managing the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health-based disability evaluation system in Taiwan.Method: Using a three-round Delphi exercise, 20 representatives from the social welfare associations for people with disability completed the consensus process. Questionnaire 1 comprised 52 potentially important factors relevant to good services for persons with disabilities in the system. An additional nine items were added to questionnaires 2 and 3. The responders rated the importance of each item using a 5-point Likert scale. The set of QIs for managing the system comprised items that obtained high consensus and a mean score ≥4.5 found in round 3.Results: Those QIs included a composite of measures about a comfortable and barrier-free assessment room, on-site assistance (being important for client access and safety), client’s privacy, rights protection, and satisfaction, convenient service, attitude of staff (towards client centeredness), accuracy of report (system effectiveness), and competent staff (system efficiency). Spearman’s rho (mean ± standard deviation) of round 3 was 0.79 ± 0.09, and Cronbach’s α = 0.90.Conclusions: This set of QIs is suitable for managing the system serving people with disabilities. It is feasible in practice and scientifically acceptable, but further validation is needed.Implications for rehabilitationWith this study, we were able to develop a set of quality indicators for managing the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health-based disability evaluation system.The set of quality indicators included a composite of measures about a comfortable and barrier-free assessment room and on-site assistance; client’s privacy, rights protection, and satisfaction, convenient service, attitude of staff; accuracy of report, and competent staff.These quality indicators foster client-centeredness, access, safety, system effectiveness and efficiency, feasibility, and science; and are relevant to managing a system that is intended to serve people with disabilities.

THEOREM ABOUT KEY CAPACITY OF A COMMUNICATION NETWORK

Introduction : An important aspect of cryptographic telecommunication systems is the encryption key control problem. The most complicated stages in its solution are the safe generation of the keys, their distribution, and their delivery to legitimate subscribers via protected communication channels, which is fairly expensive, sometimes slow and not always possible. As an alternative, the keys can be generated by transferring information via telecommunication channels, being possibly exposed to a violator. The known estimations of information efficiency look like a solution of sophisticated information theory problems for certain ways of open key coordination between two legitimate subscribers. Efficiency estimations for the conditions of network key generation are not known. Purpose : A s trictly conclus ive search for potential estimates of information efficiency of open network key gener ation. Results : Within the formulated statement of the problem, we have proposed a violator model and a network channel connectivity model which is a combination of a broadcast channel connecting three legitimate subscribers and an intercept channel at the output of which the violator controls the transferred information. The information exchange is based on the proposed models of a random coder and deterministic decoder with a specially developed asymptotic method of key generation. In order to assess the process, we introduce a system of quality indicators and requirements which differs from the known ones by its definition of “information” speed of network key generation. We also introduce a term of key network capacity which determines the asymptotic information efficiency of the key generation. We have formulated and rigorously proved a theorem about key capacity. The boundary values have been substantiated . Practical relevance : The obtained results develop the known scientific achievements in the field of open key coordination theory and can be used by specialists in the design and development of key control subsystems in modern cryptographic information security systems which provide closed network information exchange.

Indicadores de calidad para evaluar buenas prácticas docentes de «mobile learning» en Educación Superior

El mobile learning se alza como una metodología emergente que ya se está aplicando en distintas etapas educativas, por tanto es necesario poner el foco de atención en el tipo de prácticas que se están implementando con dispositivos móviles. El objetivo de este trabajo ha sido establecer un sistema de indicadores de calidad para evaluar buenas prácticas de mobile learning en educación superior. Para ello, se ha seguido un proceso riguroso en la confección de cada uno de los indicadores, los cuales han sido validados mediante la técnica del juicio de expertos. Como resultado principal se establece un sistema de 25 indicadores, agrupados en cinco variables, para su implementación en contextos educativos universitarios donde se aplique la metodología mobile learning. En suma, el sistema expuesto sirve de modelo de referencia para discernir entre la simple introducción de los dispositivos móviles, de su uso planificado y con carácter pedagógico.

Development of a nursing-sensitive quality indicator system based on the structure-process-outcome theory in orthopedic wards

Objective To establish a nursing-sensitive quality indicator system in orthopedic wards based on the structure-process-outcome theory, so as to guide clinical nursing. Methods Based on structure-process-outcome theory, the indicator definition and weight were identified by literature review, expert group discussion, Delphi method and Hierarchy analysis. Results The returning rates of questionnaires in the first and second round expert consultation were 94.87% (37/39) and 89.74% (35/39),respectively. The authority coefficient of the experts was 0.88,and the coordination coefficient of experts' opinion was 0.309.The program included 3 first indexes,14 second index, and 83 items. Conclusion The result of the study is scientific reliable and credible, Whichcan provide evaluation for the Clinical nursing operation. Key words: Orthopedic wards; Delphi technique; Quality indicators

Laboratory data as a quality indicator of health-care-associated infections in England.

Routine diagnostic laboratory results, e.g. numbers of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemias, have been used as health-care-associated infection quality indicators for decades. The English health-care-associated infection quality indicator system was one of the earliest in the world to mandate the collection and public reporting of such data and has been associated with a reduction of MRSA bacteraemias and Clostridium difficile infections but has shown mixed results for other infections. Diagnostic laboratory data vary greatly between hospitals depending not only on the underlying frequency of the infection of interest, but on the case mix, numbers of samples processed and laboratory factors, which limits benchmarking. Further, over-reliance on laboratory reports has led to unintended negative consequences in England. So, while acknowledging the successes of the English system, the authors believe that it should be appraised in light of the goals of quality of care, patient safety, fairness and providing meaningful data, and alternative healthcare-associated infection quality indicator measurements considered.

The development of quality indicators for home care in China.

To develop a comprehensive system of quality indicators for home care in China. A modified Delphi technique and analytic hierarchy process. Twenty experts were invited to participate in the Delphi expert consultation. Experts rated the perceived importance of 92 potential indicators through two rounds of e-mail surveys in November and December 2016. The analytic hierarchy process was used to determine the relative importance of the quality indicators identified through the Delphi expert consultation. The average authoritative coefficient was 0.815 ± 0.0432 (range: 0.75-0.90). After two rounds of Delphi expert consultation, 77 quality indicators were identified as important in the Chinese home care setting. The mean importance ratings ranged from 4.35 to 4.95 on a 5-point scale, with variation coefficients ranging from 0.04 to 0.15. The percentage of experts giving the maximum possible score on each item ranged from 45% to 95%. In the second round, the Kendall's W coefficients ranged from 0.363 to 0.570. As for relative importance, the weights were 0.198-0.490, 0.029-0.047 and 0.037-0.66 for first-level, secondary-level and third-level quality indicators, respectively, with all consistency ratio values less than 0.1. The absolute and relative importance of 77 indicators identified as potentially valid measures of the quality of Chinese home care was determined. This instrument is the first set of home care quality indicators developed specifically for mainland China, and it should be useful in evaluating and improving the quality of Chinese home care.

Development of a nursing quality indicator system in transitional care for hip replacement

Objective To develop a set of quality indicators for hip replacement transitional care, and to provide reference for objective evaluation and standardization of transitional care in hip replacement. Methods Based on the structure-process-outcome model and the current practice of transitional care in hip replacement and patients’ need, we developed an item pool dor assessing quality of transitional care by using literature review. Then a 2-round Delphi study was conducted among 16 experts to collect their opinions about these indicators. Results Aftertwo rounds expert advisory, the effective response rates were 17/17, 16/17; Cr coefficients were 0.865, 0.855;Wcoefficients were 0.206-0.284, 0.135-0.253, and P values were all less than 0.01. The index system consisted of 3 first-level indicators, 12 second-level indicators, and 64 third-level indicators. Conclusions The constructed nursing quality indicator system in transitional care for hip replacement can provide references for evaluating transitional care in hip replacement qualityof care in a scientific and rational way. Key words: Total hip replacement; Transitional care; Quality indicators; Delphi technique

Quality of youth employment in Russia: analysis of job satisfaction assessments

The objective of the paper is to reveal regularities and specific features of the quality of employment among young Russian workers. The author analyses the patterns of individual-specific job satisfaction assessments. The empirical basis of the study is the data of the 22d wave of the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey — Higher School of Economics (RLMS-HSE) which corresponds to the period of relative economic stability (late 2013-early 2014).To reveal the youth employment specifics the average job satisfaction scores in different age groups were calculated; a comparative study of their distributions based on a number of criteria was carried out. Multiple correlation analysis was used to define factors of job satisfaction. The novelty of the paper lies in the object of analysis, namely the youth employment quality given the lack of homogeneity in job satisfaction assessments. The U-shaped relationship was found between job satisfaction and age.Among youth groups, a group of 15—19 year olds differs both by the highest job satisfaction levels and a bigger share of those who are not satisfied with the wages and opportunities for professional growth. The study reveals that this is the only group where the share of persons who are satisfied with the job increases in times of crisis. New determinants of job satisfaction describing the regional labor market (relative unemployment rates and wage inequality) were introduced.The findings can be used for further research of the employment quality and show that the Russian youth employment quality should be put on the agenda. The author suggests that the assessments of job satisfaction levels should be included in the official system of employment quality indicators.

Development of nursing quality indicators for preoperative patients with brain arteriovenous malformations

Objective To develop nursing quality indicators for preoperative patients with brain arteriovenous malformations. Methods On the basis of Donabedian's structure-process-outcome quality theory, from May to September 2017, we adopted literature research, interviewing method, text analysis and Delphi method to determine the nursing quality indicators. Results After two rounds expert advisory, the effective response rates were both 100.00%; the Cr coefficient was 0.89. The nursing quality indicator system consisted of 3 first-level indicators, 8 second-level indicators, and 28 third-level indicators. 94.87% of the index score was greater than or equal to 4 points, the variation coefficients were all less than 0.2, and 71.79% of the index had the full rate of more than 50%. Conclusions The nursing quality indicators for preoperative patients with brain arteriovenous malformations are scientific and practical. Key words: Brain arteriovenous malformations; Perioperative nursing; Nursing quality; Evaluation indicators

Study on Quality Indicator System of Rhythmic Gymnasts in Analytic Hierarchy Process

The rhythmic gymnastics (RG) is a sport item with the direct aim of winning as well as a good ornamental value. The scientific selection by the rhythmic gymnasts is necessary for the success, and also the beginning for the scientific training of the gymnasts in their special training stage. According to RG characteristics and the physical characteristics of the gymnasts, also in combination with the investigations & interviews to the coaches who have years of training experience in RG, the experts & scholars on RG study & teaching in universities, and by referring to relevant documents, this paper established the quality indicator system in analytic hierarchy process (AHP). We summarized and selected several indicators obviously influencing the RG training and divided them into the three types of factors: physical factors, flexibility & strength factors, and speed & dexterity factors, according to which 12 specific indicators, their weights and comprehensive evaluation coefficients. Based on these indicators, we established the quality indicator system of the gymnasts, and developed corresponding software system, providing scientific theoretical basis & practical application basis for the selection & evaluation of the gymnasts.

Analysis of TCM single disease nursing quality indicators of cervical spondylosis

Objective To establish traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) dominant disease nursing quality management specification to be suitable for the demand of curative effects of spinal disease cervical spondylosis. Methods The basic frame of cervical spondylosis TCM nursing quality indicators was established using the theory structure of framework-process-result, learning from modern nursing program and based on the literature research method, clinical research and the semi-structured interview method. The Delphi expert consultation and expert argumentation method were used to formulate the final system of cervical spondylosis TCM nursing quality indicators. Results After two rounds of Delphi procedure, cervical spondylosis of TCM nursing quality indicator system was established including the first grade indexes (3 items) , the second grade indexes (21 items) and the third grade indexes (111 items) . Conclusions Establishment of TCM nursing quality indicators of cervical spondylosis provides a standard to specify TCM nursing process and objectively evaluate TCM nursing quality of single disease, and has an important clinical significance. Key words: Cervical spondylosis; Nursing quality; Indicator; Delphi method

Object-process data model in management information systems

We have studied the question of data models creation with respect to the process-based management of industrial enterprise. It is proposed to use an object data model for management and operational management decision making systems at the process organization of industrial enterprise. We consider the basic concepts and definitions used in object-process data model, suggest its mathematical description, that includes tree representation of the system goals, object meta-models of production system, business process, the center responsible for resource. We have defined four phases of information system creation based on the object-process data model: goal tree description, metamodeling of objects and processes, data structure representation, data warehouse modeling of the production system. The goal tree is a hierarchical scorecard of the enterprise. Production objects are described by hierarchical structures and should meet requirements of the specified system of quality indicators for goods or services. The most important stage of material system metamodeling is to establish connections between objects, processes passing in it and indicators of the goals tree. The ultimate objective for metamodeling of the material system objects and processes should lie in the repository creation where one can get the structures of objects, processes, indicators and links on the basis of their unique identifiers. We have proposed a variant of object-process model application in integrated information systems based on the service-oriented architecture with the ability to take into account the goals of business, collect data on the current state of processes and organize data storage for retrospective data analysis tasks. The usage of object-process model during information system creation enables to combine two types of control: deviation control and management-by-objectives.