Management of Public Health, M. Sc. INSTALLATION OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN LITHUANIAN HEALTH KEEPING AND NURSING HOSPITALS Sonata Malčankina Supervisor Ilona Bučiūnienė, Dr.Sc.Assoc.Prof., ISM University of Management and Economics. Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Public Health, Kaunas University of Medicine.- Kaunas, 2005. – P. 92. Aim of the study: to evaluate the installation of quality management system (QMS) in Lithuanian health keeping and nursing hospitals. Objectives: 1. Identify the progress of installation of QMS in Lithuanian health keeping and nursing hospitals. 2. Identify problems arising during installation of QMS in Lithuanian health keeping and nursing hospitals. 3. Evaluate the satisfaction with a practically functioning quality management system. Methods. Research object: all Lithuanian health keeping and nursing hospitals. Research methods and extent: After analyzing the latest Lithuanian and foreign scientific literature and legal acts, the form was made and anonymous survey of heads of Lithuanian health keeping and nursing hospitals was performed. 72 forms were sent to all Lithuanian health keeping and nursing hospitals. 58 answered forms were received back. Statistical analysis methods: MS Excel and statistical data analysis package SPSS 9.0 was used to analyze data. Hypotheses on the independence of two attributes were tested using chi-square (χ2) criterion. The strength of relationship between range variables was tested using... [to full text]