Table 4.

The comparison of obligatory performance measurement (PM) characteristics in general and specialized hospitals

Type of hospital		Updating of PM program	Number of PM domains	Number of questions in each round of PM	Existence of pre-requisites for PM	Maximum awarded scores in PM	Scales of grading	Responsibility for PM
General (public university, private, SSO and other)	teaching	✓ (Updated in several stages)	14 domains; which increased to 15 domains in 2006	In total 1027 questions in 15 areas	Evaluation of ED was pre-requisite until 2006. From 2006 CD* assessment became obligatory alongside ED	21667 + 3000 bonus points	Six points scale (Excellent1, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5)	MOHME/ Medical university
	non-teaching	✓ (Updated in several stages)	14 domains;, which increased to 15 domains in 2006	In total 1027 questions in 15 areas	Evaluation of ED was pre-requisite until 2006. From 2006 CD assessment became obligatory alongside ED	21667 + 2000 bonus points	Six points scale (Excellent1, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5)	MOHME/ Medical university
Specialized (public university, private, SSO and other)		Unchanged (not updated)	32 (remained unchanged)	In total 213 questions in 32 areas	No specific pre-requisites	5688 (no bonus point)	Four points scale (no excellent 1 and 5 scale)	MOHME/ Medical university

*CD = Critical domains.