The authors conducted a systematic literature review to assess whether quality indicators for diabetes care are related to patient outcomes. Twenty-four studies were included that formally tested this relationship. Quality indicators focusing on structure or processes of care were included. Descriptive analyses were conducted on the associations found, differentiating for study quality and leve...

In order to improve quality (of therapy), one has to know, evaluate and make transparent, one's own daily processes. This process of reflection can be supported by the presentation of key data or indicators, in which the real as-is state can be represented. Quality indicators are required in order to depict the as-is state.Quality indicators reflect adherence to specific quality measures. Conti...

extended abstract 1. introduction the quality of life can be considered as an operational tool to measure the overall health and welfare. in general, the concept quality of life is affected by various factors constituting the foundation of the life dynamics. since the concept quality of urban life is multidimensional and complex, it could be used in urban planning when an appropriate and reliab...

BACKGROUND Home-based primary care for homebound seniors is complex, and practice constraints are unique. No quality-of-care standards exist. OBJECTIVE To identify process quality indicators that are essential to high-quality, home-based primary care. DESIGN An expert development panel reviewed established and new quality indicators for applicability to home-based primary care. A separate n...

Quality improvement in medicine is depending on measurement of relevant quality indicators. The quality indicators for intensive care medicine of the German Interdisciplinary Society of Intensive Care Medicine (DIVI) from the year 2013 underwent a scheduled evaluation after three years. There were major changes in several indicators but also some indicators were changed only minimally. The focu...

BACKGROUND There is a wide practice gap between optimal and actual care for patients with acute myocardial infarction in hospitals around the world. We undertook this initiative to develop an updated set of evidence-based indicators to measure and improve the quality of care for this patient population. METHODS A 12-member expert panel was convened in 2007 to develop an updated set of quality...

Using three years of state inpatient discharge data from thirteen states, we computed, for each hospital, race/ethnicity-specific quality measures using the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality inpatient quality indicators and patient safety indicators. We found that risk-adjusted quality indicators for blacks, Hispanics, and Asians were not statistically worse than corresponding quality ...

Background/Objective – It is widely recognized that quality indicators or performance indicators can give a valuable insight into the quality of care being provided to patients. It may not always prove easy to agree on such indicators, or to get individuals to agree willingly to be measured against such indicators. We aim to highlight the importance of linking institutional quality indicators t...

  Background: Recently, quality is a serious concern in development of organizations. There are various indicators to assess quality and the purpose of this study was to identify the main indicators for quality measurement of Iranian health centers.   Methods : This qualitative study was conducted in three stages: first, review of the literature was performed to identify different indicators fo...

A systematic review was conducted of 13 peer-reviewed articles and eight reports focused on indicators of quality abortion care. A total of 75 indicators of quality abortion were identified; these indicators address a variety of issues including policy, health systems, trained-provider availability, women's decision making, and morbidity and mortality. There is little agreement about indicators...