Korean J Occup Environ Med KJOEM Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 1225-3618 The Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 10.35371/kjoem.2010.22.3.210 Original Article Development of Quality Assessment Domain and its Priority in Korea's Occupational Health Services: A Special Health Examination Chae Yoomi 1 Roh Sangchul 1 Jung Sukchul 2 Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Korea. Department of Occupational Medicine, Dankook University Hospital, Korea. Corresponding author (pwoman@empal.com) 09 2010 30 09 2010 22 3 210 220 16 04 2010 22 07 2010 27 07 2010 Copyright © 2010 The Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2010 Objective

The purpose of this study was to develop a quality assessment domain and to determine its priority in Korea's Occupational Health Services.

 Methods

We designed the study in a 3 phase approach. The first phase of the process encompasses making a list of measures for quality assessments by a thorough review of the literature. The second phase emcompassed the development of inclusion and priority criteria. The third phase of survey development was conducted during August 2008 and a questionnaire was administered to occupational health physicians covering 58 subjects.

 Results

Finally we investigated 40 quality assessment measures, including 2 for structural domain, 17 for process domain, 21 for result domain in occupational health service. The 40 quality assessment measures divided into 2 parts. The early quality assessment part was 14 measures that including 8 measures for process domains and 5 measures for result domains.

 Conclusion

We investigate a quality assessment domain and determined the priorities of the occupational health service in Korea.

 Quality assessment Occupational health service Decision of priority