An evaluation and diagnosis method proposed for hospital management

Hospital management should ensure that the hospital's mission is carried out, directed to both business and health care, often optimizing limited financial resources in order to provide the population with quality care. The purpose of this study was to propose a method for the evaluation and diagnosis of hospital management based on the Gaucho Productivity and Quality Program and the Brazilian Program of Hospital Accreditation. This descriptive and bibliographic research enabled to elaborate a criteria arrangement between the two programs in order to verify convergent and divergent aspects. This analysis revealed that both programs present compatible and complementary criteria.