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. 2022 Aug 31;15:1887–1899. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S374905

Table 4.

Comparison of Perceived Quality of Infant Health Services Before and After POCQI Interventions in Indramayu and Cianjur Districts

No Regency Quality Before Intervention After Intervention
1 Indramayu District PHC Patient Perception Infant health service is still not good, registration queues for about 1 hour.
The equipment in the Emergency Room (ER) is damaged, and when referring patients, they are not accompanied by health workers.
It does not have a suggestion box as a means for patients to express complaints about service quality.
The patient is satisfied, the officer explains clearly, and the queue is perceived as not too long.
Health workers accompany patients when referring to hospitals, but not routinely.
All PHCs already have a suggestion box.
Public Hospital Patient Perception ER service is quite good. Patient services in the ER, until the delivery process, are handled well.
Private Hospital Patient Perception The service is good, the staff is friendly, and the place is clean. However, the staff do not inform patients well. Officers become more informative and care for patients.
The hospital has made changes to the service flow. Make handwashing stations in various places so that patients have no trouble finding places to wash their hands.
Perceptions of PPHC Health Workers There is no feedback from the leadership about the quality of services provided to patients.
Compliance with Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) management has not been maximally carried out.
The existing service SOPs are general.
After training and coaching POCQI health workers became more detailed in providing services and observing patients, all services provided were patient-centered.
There is supervision to carry out SOP management for health workers.
Making SOPs per patient service case.
Perceptions of Public Hospital Health Workers The hospital quality team has a high burden. The room service team only reports response time, doctor visit hours, medication errors, etc. There is a division of tasks between the hospital quality assurance team and the hospital POCQI team.
Service is more patient-centered.
Completing SOPs per patient service case
Perceptions of Private Hospital Health Workers Health workers feel unable to improve the quality of their inputs are not met, Health workers can improve quality through service processes, care more for patients, and complete SOPs per patient case.
Service is more patient-centered.
2 Cianjur District PHC Patient Perception Affordable cost of care but waiting times are long. Patients are satisfied with the current PHC services because they have made various repair efforts such as the room for mother and child health service, which is different from the treatment center, there is a playroom for children
Patients rarely complain to the primary health center.
Public Hospital Patient Perception The service at the hospital is good, and the nurses are friendly, but some doctors are not friendly. Patients are satisfied with the services provided by the hospital, both in terms of facilities, infrastructure, friendliness, clarity in action.
Private Hospital Patient Perception Infant health services are not good and lack human resources, facilities, and infrastructure. There is no NICU and PICU room. The health workers took a long time to decide to refer patients to a higher facility. The staff is more friendly and cares about patients, the infrastructure is better.
Perceptions of PPHC Health Workers So far, quality improvement has focused more on inputs, so that the PHC does not make any changes if there are no tools, facilities, and budget, The PHC staffs understand that improving the quality of POCQI services is more of a process so that each employee can move to change the service process for the better.
Service is more patient-centered
The PHC staffs are also enthusiastic about improving the quality of infant health services because so far, the focus has only been on maternal health services.
The PHC conducts an audit if there are staffs who do not comply with the mutually agreed SOP.
Perceptions of Public Hospital Health Workers Some staff do not comply with SOPs in providing health services. The compliance of staff with SOPs has increased.
Creating new SOPs as an effort to improve infant health services, including SOPs for incubators.
Service is more patient-centered.
Perceptions of Private Hospital Health Workers Staff do not care and understand the importance of infant health services. Staff are becoming more concerned with the care of infants, making new SOPs.
Patient-centered service