An Evidence-based Evaluation of Quality and Efficiency Indicators
Overview
Affiliations
The goal of this study was to identify and appraise quality and efficiency indicators relevant to hospitals or physicians' practices by performing a systematic literature search. Process indicators were limited to 11 diagnoses and treatments. To appraise the indicators identified, a framework for grading health care recommendations was expanded to categorize evidence on cost-effectiveness. Seven indicators of structural quality and 34 indicators of process quality were identified and appraised. The set of performance indicators could serve as a state-of-the-art system of measurement for governments and organizations evaluating the quality and efficiency of health care.
Assessing hospital performance indicators. What dimensions? Evidence from an umbrella review.
Carini E, Gabutti I, Frisicale E, Di Pilla A, Pezzullo A, de Waure C BMC Health Serv Res. 2020; 20(1):1038.
PMID: 33183304 PMC: 7663881. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-05879-y.
An evidence-based framework to measure quality of allied health care.
Grimmer K, Lizarondo L, Kumar S, Bell E, Buist M, Weinstein P Health Res Policy Syst. 2014; 12:10.
PMID: 24571857 PMC: 4015500. DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-12-10.
Measuring a caring culture in hospitals: a systematic review of instruments.
Hesselink G, Kuis E, Pijnenburg M, Wollersheim H BMJ Open. 2013; 3(9):e003416.
PMID: 24065697 PMC: 3787470. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003416.
Transforming medical care: case study of an exemplary, small medical group.
Solberg L, Hroscikoski M, Sperl-Hillen J, Harper P, Crabtree B Ann Fam Med. 2006; 4(2):109-16.
PMID: 16569713 PMC: 1467006. DOI: 10.1370/afm.424.
The quality of the quality indicator of pain derived from the minimum data set.
Wu N, Miller S, Lapane K, Roy J, Mor V Health Serv Res. 2005; 40(4):1197-216.
PMID: 16033500 PMC: 1361186. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.00400.x.