The right indicator for the job: different levels of rigor may be appropriate for the development of quality indicators. Comment on Stelfox and Straus

According to the IOM, a comprehensive indicator set covers the following dimensions [5]: safety, effectiveness, patient-centredness, timeliness, efficiency, and equity. [...]one of our goals is to establish this evidence by gathering the relevant data and thus improving the validity of future qualit...

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Published in:Journal of clinical epidemiology 2014-09, Vol.67 (9), p.963-964
Main Authors: Doggen, Kris, Lavens, Astrid, Van Casteren, Viviane
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accountability
Consumer organizations
End users
Epidemiology
Humans
Internal Medicine
Needs Assessment
Quality Indicators, Health Care - organization & administration
Quality Indicators, Health Care - standards
Validity
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Summary:According to the IOM, a comprehensive indicator set covers the following dimensions [5]: safety, effectiveness, patient-centredness, timeliness, efficiency, and equity. [...]one of our goals is to establish this evidence by gathering the relevant data and thus improving the validity of future quality measurements.
ISSN:0895-4356
1878-5921
DOI:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.03.001