Performance improvement recognition : private providers of reproductive health services in Peru : report

This report identifies which types of recognition mechanisms private providers prefer and provides recommendations for Peru and other countries on implementing a quality improvement (QI) program with a recognition component. In addition to determining provider level of interest in such a program, the study set out to determine: (1) how private providers value different types of recognition; (2) what recognition mechanisms should be used for different types of private providers; and (3) what institutional platform is most appropriate. Researchers surveyed three groups of networked and non-networked general practitioners, obstetricians and gynecologists (ob/gyns), and midwives in three locations. The research found a nearly universal interest in a QI program with a recognition component, and that providers value continuing education in quality, both as a means of self-improvement and way to improve patient care. (Author abstract)