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You were introduced to Donabedian's S-P-O model of healthcare quality, and now you will apply this early quality model to an episode of healthcare you have observed as a provider or a consumer of healthcare services.

1. Select and describe a specific episode of healthcare service that you are familiar with. Take care to respect the confidentiality of the people involved and do not use real names.

2. Describe the structural characteristics necessary for this service to occur, such as the organization, physical location, staffing.

3. Evaluate the processes that are a part of this treatment episode, such as entry into the system, diagnosis, treatment.

4. Determine the outcome of this service. How are good outcomes (quality) and adverse outcomes determined?

5. This specific episode of care analyzes the relationship between structure and process and between process and quality.

6. Based on your analysis so far, evaluate how quality is defined, measured, and reported about this episode of care.