Performance indicators for primary care groups

Performance indicators for primary care groups: an evidence based approach.

Developing performance indicators for primary care: Walsall's experience.

BACKGROUND There has been increasing interest in the development of performance indicators in primary care, especially since the introduction of the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF). Public health and primary care trusts collect a range of data from routine or non-routine sources that may be useful for this purpose. AIM To assess whether performance against the QOF is a robust measure of ...

Clinical governance in primary care groups: the feasibility of deriving evidence-based performance indicators.

OBJECTIVES To test the feasibility of deriving comparative indicators in all the practices within a primary care group. DESIGN A retrospective audit using practice computer systems and random note review. SETTING A primary care group in southern England. SUBJECTS All 18 general practices in a primary care group. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Twenty six evidence-based process indicators includin...

Quality indicators for cardiovascular primary care.

BACKGROUND The Canadian Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Team was established in 2001 to improve the quality of cardiovascular care for Canadians. Initially, quality indicators (QIs) for hospital-based care for those with acute myocardial infarctions and congestive heart failure were developed and measured. Qualitative research on the acceptability of those indicators concluded that indicators ...

Performance indicators for clinical practice management in primary care in Portugal: consensus from a Delphi study.

BACKGROUND Performance indicators assessing the quality of medical care and linked to pay for performance may cause disagreement. Portuguese indicators included in recent health care reform are controversial. OBJECTIVES To obtain consensus from opinion leaders in family medicine regarding the performance indicators for practice management used in the evaluation of Family Health Units in Portu...