Background While single indicators measure a specific aspect of quality (eg timely support
during labour), users of these indicators, such as patients, providers and policy-makers, are …

Purpose. Although clinical indicators allow individual providers to monitor and improve their
own performance and quality of care, another important role for the indicators is to provide …

Objective In this article, we describe one approach for developing and evaluating quality
indicators. Study Design and Setting We focus on describing different conceptual …

Background: Development of indicators to measure health‐care quality has progressed
rapidly. This development has, however, rarely occurred in a systematic fashion, and some …

Measuring healthcare quality has become an increasingly important task for regulating
bodies and healthcare institutions. Strategically chosen quality indicators provide a means …

Quality indicators have been developed throughout Europe primarily for use in hospitals, but
also increasingly for primary care. Both development and application are important but there …

Objective. To describe steps in developing and testing clinical indicators based on state of
the art methods in previous literature and experience in the Danish National Indicator …

Framing the Problem of Measuring and Improving Healthcare Qu... : Medical Care Framing the
Problem of Measuring and Improving Healthcare Quality: Has the Quality Health Outcomes …

Purpose To review the literature concerning strategies for implementing quality indicators in
hospital care, and their effectiveness in improving the quality of care. Data sources A …

Objective. This paper provides a brief review of definitions, characteristics, and categories of
clinical indicators for quality improvement in health care. Analysis. Clinical indicators assess …