Quality in Hospital Administrative Databases

The clinical content of administrative databases includes, among others, patient demographic characteristics, and codes for diagnoses and procedures. The data in these databases is standardized, clearly defined, readily available, less expensive than collected by other means, and normally covers hospitalizations in entire geographic areas. Although with some limitations, this data is often used to evaluate the quality of healthcare. Under these circumstances, the quality of the data, for instance, errors, or it completeness, is of central importance and should never be ignored. Both the minimization of data quality problems and a deep knowledge about this data (e.g., how to select a patient group) are important for users in order to trust and to correctly interpret results. In this paper we present, discuss and give some recommendations for some problems found in these administrative databases. We also present a simple tool that can be used to screen the quality of data through the use of domain specific data quality indicators. These indicators can significantly contribute to better data, to give steps towards a continuous increase of data quality and, certainly, to better informed decision-making.

Is there space for senior civil servants hybrid management models across political- administrative systems?

Comunica����o apresentada na 17.�� confer��ncia anual da NISPACee, realizada de 14 a 16 de Maio de 2009.

How are top officials hybrid management models present across political-administrative systems?

Comunica����o apresentada na 4th Annual ICPA - International Conference on Public Administration "Building bridges to the future: leadership and collaboration in public administration", na Universidade de Minnesota nos Estados Unidos, de 24 a 26 de setembro de 2008

Portuguese public managers and administrative reform in the global context of competitiveness

Comunica����o apresentada no 27th International Congress of Administrative Sciences "Global Competitiveness and Public Administration: implications for education and training" em Abu Dhai, United Arb Emirates de 9 a 14 de Julho de 2007.

Semantic web approach for dealing with administrative boundary revisions: a case study of Dhaka City

Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies.

The Portuguese Administrative Elite, 1851-1910

The aim of this article is to examine the composition and patterns of recruitment of the ministries���directors-general, as well as to assess the interconnections between bureaucracy and politics, from the beginnings of Regenera����o (1851) until the breakdown of Monarchy (1910). The post of director-general was considered one of ���political trust���, that might be filled by individuals from outside the civil service, and the selection and de-selection of officeholders depended exclusively on the ministers��� will. Nonetheless, most directors-general were experienced bureaucrats, boasting a steady career as civil servants, and remained in office for long terms, regardless of ministerial discontinuities. In other words, High Administration became relatively immune to party-driven politics. Due to their professional background and lengthy tenure, directors-general were usually highly skilled specialists, combining technical expertise and practical knowledge of the wheels of state bureaucracy. Hence, they were often influential actors in policy-making, playing an active (and sometimes decisive) part behind the scenes, in both designing and implementing government policies. As regards their social profile, directors-general formed a cohesive and homogeneous elite group: being predominantly drawn from urban middle class milieus, highly educated, and appointed to office in their forties.

Creating the Gorizia-Goriska euroregion: an European cross-border administrative model for integrated socio-economic development in the upper adriatic. Crossborder co-operation as a tool for trans-national integration and conflict resolution

Contribuci�� al Seminari: "Les Euroregions: Experi��ncies i aprenatges per a l���Euroregi�� Pirineus-Mediterr��nia", 15-16 de desembre de 2005

Lessons of peace in Aceh: administrative decentralization and political freedom as a strategy of pacification in Aceh

This working paper shows the evolution of the Aceh conflict until its peaceful resolution in 2005. The key factors in the success of this peace process have been the confluence of several factors related to the internal and external dynamics of the country, including the new political leadership, the decreasing role of the military power, the international support and the meeting of the objectives of both groups, and so on. The end of the conflict in Aceh shows that the administrative decentralization and the promotion of the political participation of the main actors involved have made possible the development of a solid alternative to the arms strategy of conflict resolution used for years in Indonesia.

Trois cantons suisses face aux r��formes. Une impossible s��paration entre sph��res politique et administrative?

Sur la base d'une enqu��te quantitative et qualitative aupr��s des hauts fonctionnaires et membres du Gouvernement des cantons du Valais, du Jura et de Neuch��tel, le pr��sent article vise �� tester l'hypoth��se selon laquelle les r��formes inspir��es des principes de la nouvelle gestion publique conduisent �� la red��finition des relations entre acteurs politiques et administratifs. Autrement dit, l'introduction des r��formes permettrait de s��parer plus strictement les activit��s strat��giques des activit��s op��rationnelles. Or, les constats que nous tirons de nos investigations rendent compte d'une certaine �� stabilit�� �� des relations politico-administratives, au-del�� des diff��rences constat��es dans les strat��gies de modernisation men��es dans les trois entit��s cantonales. Des facteurs institutionnels, mais ��galement politiques, peuvent expliquer cette stabilit��. De sorte que nos r��sultats remettent en question la faisabilit�� et la l��gitimit�� d'une s��paration entre sph��res politique et administrative �� un niveau de gouvernance cantonal en Suisse.

Report on the baseline measurement of the administrative burden from the Department of Health

The Irish Government in March 2008 set a target to identify measure and reduce the Administrative Burden (AB) of domestic regulation for businesses by 25% by the end of 2012 – on foot of a European Council invitation to all member states in March 2007. As part of a cross-Government process led by the Business Regulation Unit of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (DJEI), the Department of Health carried out a measurement exercise in 2012 on the main Information Obligations placed on business by legislation in the areas of Food, Nursing Homes and Pharmacy sectors.The AB baseline measurement for those information obligations is described in this report. Click here to download PDF 322KB ����