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Comprehensive Evaluation of Quality Indicators: Analyzing the Dutch Breast Cancer Audit [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Background  Quality indicators (QIs) are widely used to benchmark hospital performance and improve quality of care but are often based on expert opinion rather than data-driven assessment.
Elfi M. Verheul, Margrietha van der Linde, Hester F. Lingsma, Elvira Vos, Sabine Siesling, Linetta B. Koppert, NBCA Consortium#   +6 more
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Computer-Interpretable Quality Indicators for Intensive Care Medicine: Development and Validation Study [PDF]

Journal of Medical Internet Research
BackgroundQuality indicators (QIs) can help assess intensive care quality, identify potential for improvement, and ultimately enhance patient outcomes.
Falk von Dincklage, Viktor Karl Bublitz, Oliver Kumpf, Carlo Jurth, Reimer Riessen, Maria Deja, Christiane Maria Schewe, Dirk Schädler, Christian Fuchs, Sebastian Gibb, Christian Scheer, Jens-Christian Schewe, Hartmuth Nowak, Felix Balzer, Michael Adamzik, Gernot Marx, Gregor Lichtner   +16 more
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A Comprehensive Comparative Study of Quick Invariant Signature (QIS), Dynamic Time Warping (DTW), and Hybrid QIS + DTW for Time Series Analysis

Mathematics
This study presents a comprehensive evaluation of the quick invariant signature (QIS), dynamic time warping (DTW), and a novel hybrid QIS + DTW approach for time series analysis.
Hamid Reza Shahbazkia
exaly   +3 more sources

Development of routine-data-compatible quality indicators for the management of osteoarthritis of the knee and hip in ambulatory care: a RAND-modified Delphi consensus process [PDF]

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
Objective High rates of total joint arthroplasty (TJA) in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee and hip in Germany have raised concerns about the insufficient use of ambulatory health care services.
Tobias Bock, Philip Bammert, Ronja Flemming, Rüdiger von Eisenhart-Rothe, Igor Lazic, Leonie Sundmacher   +5 more
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What is the value and impact of the adaptation process on quality indicators for local use? A scoping review.

PLoS ONE, 2022
BackgroundQuality indicators (QIs) are designed for improving quality of care, but the development of QIs is resource intensive and time consuming.ObjectiveTo describe and identify the impact and potential attributes of the adaptation process for the ...
Siyi Zhu, Tao Wu, Jenny Leese, Linda C Li, Chengqi He, Lin Yang   +5 more
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Acceptability of Australian prehospital care quality indicators: An explanatory sequential mixed methods study

Paramedicine, 2023
Background Systematically developed quality indicators (QIs) facilitate the measurement and monitoring of quality of care and ultimately meaningful quality improvement.
Robin Pap, Matthew Stephenson, Paul Simpson, Craig Lockwood   +3 more
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Quality indicators for breast cancer care: A systematic review

Breast, 2021
Objectives: We evaluated breast cancer (BC) care quality indicators (QIs) in clinical pathways and integrated health care processes. Methods: Following protocol registration (Prospero no: CRD42021228867), relevant documents were identified, without ...
Marta Maes-Carballo, Yolanda Gómez-Fandiño, Ayla Reinoso-Hermida, Carlos Roberto Estrada-López, Manuel Martín-Díaz, Khalid Saeed Khan, Aurora Bueno-Cavanillas   +6 more
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Quality indicators for knee and hip osteoarthritis care: a systematic review

RMD Open, 2021
To provide an overview of quality indicators (QIs) for knee and hip osteoarthritis (KHOA) care and to highlight differences in healthcare settings. A database search was conducted in MEDLINE (PubMed), EMBASE, CINAHL, Web of Science, Cochrane CENTRAL and ...
Patrick J E Bindels, Sita M A Bierma-Zeinstra, Dieuwke Schiphof, Rianne M Rozendaal, Ilgin G Arslan, Saskia A G Stitzinger, Maarten-Paul Van de Kerkhove, Vincent M I Voorbrood   +7 more
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Process over outcome quality in paediatrics? An analysis of outpatient healthcare quality indicators for seven common diseases

BMJ Open Quality, 2023
Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine the scope, quality dimensions and treatment aspects covered by existing quality indicators (QIs) for the somatic diseases bronchial asthma, atopic eczema, otitis media and tonsillitis as well as the ...
Claudia Mehl, Max Geraedts, Teresa Müller, Thorsten Nau, Christian Bachmann   +4 more
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Evaluation of Quality Indicators of Breast Cancer Management at a Tertiary Cancer Center in Nepal

JCO Global Oncology, 2022
PURPOSEBreast cancer is the second commonest cancer among female in Nepal. This is our first attempt to audit breast cancer management in our institute and compare with standard quality indicators (QIs) available.METHODSThe retrospective study included ...
Shweta Baral, Sudhir Raj Silwal, Utsav Man Shrestha, Deep Lamichhane   +3 more
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