| Institution / Website |
Results |
| CONQUEST (computerized needs oriented quality measurement evaluation system): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/ |
Links to http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/
Description of methods: see “Refinement of the HCUP Quality Indicators” of the AHRQ (formerly AHCPR).
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| National Quality Measures Clearinghouse™ (NQMC) sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/ |
Publications: http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/
resources/measure_use.aspx
See also: “Refinement of the HCUP Quality Indicators” of the AHRQ (formerly AHCPR).
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National Library of Quality Indicators and ORYX Programme: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations:
http://www.jcaho.org |
http://www.jcaho.org/pms/core+measures/attributes+o
f+core+performance+measures.htm with links to “Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (A Consensus Document from The American Medical Association, The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, and The National Committee for Quality Assurance)”
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/370/
attributes.pdf
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/370/
principlesperfmeas.pdf
Quality of data: http://www.jcaho.org/pms/core+measures/
aligned_manual.htm
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| Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS): National Committee for Quality Assurance: http://www.ncqa.org |
Publication:
http://www.ncqa.org/communications/news/prinpls.htm
No information beyond “Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement”.
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FACCT Quality Measures: Foundation for Accountability: http://www.facct.org
bzw.
http://www.markle.org/resources/facct/index.php |
Patient-centered Care Measures for the National Health Care Quality Report (short description of criteria). |
| Quality Indicator Project: Association of Maryland Hospitals and Health Systems: http://www.qiproject.org |
No description of methods online. |
| Acute Health Clinical Indicator Project: Department of Human Services Victoria, Australia: http://www.health.vic.gov.au/ |
Publication: Acute Health Clinical Indicator Project.
Final Report July 1999 http://www.health.vic.gov.au/archive/
archive2004/clinical-indicators.
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| NHS Performance Indicators: National Health Service Executive: http://www.doh.gov.uk |
No description of methods online (Publication available by payment of fee, 1998; not ordered). |
| Clearing House Databases: UK Clearinghouse on Health Outcomes: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/nuffield/infoservices/ UKCH/home.html |
No description of methods online. |
| Züricher Indikatoren-Set: Verein Outcome Zürich: http://www.vereinoutcome.ch |
No description of methods online. |
| Quality Health New Zealand: http://www.qualityhealth.org.nz |
Link to: ACHS. Performance and Outcomes Service http://www.achs.org.au/content/screens/file_download/
ACHS%20Peformance%20and%20Outcomes%20Service
%20Information%20Package%202005.pdf. |
| IQIP: International Quality Indicator Project Currently, nearly 300 acute care hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, long term care facilities, and home care agencies in eight countries participate in the IQIP: http://www.internationalqip.com |
Links to Publication: Lee & Tan: Clinical indicators - What, Why and How.
Further links to:
Campbell et al. 2002: Research methods used in developing and applying quality indicators in primary care
Cantrill et al. 1998: Indicators of the appropriateness of long-term prescribing in general practice in the UK: consensus development, face and content validity, feasibility, and reliability.
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| National Quality Forum: http://www.qualityforum.org |
Publication: http://www.qualityforum.org/news/prmeasureeval.pdf. |
| Danish Indicator Project: http://www.nip.dk/ |
No description of methods online. |
| RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/health/tools/qualist.html |
„Each QA Tools indicator is based on a focused review of the scientific literature and on the ratings of a panel of experts in the field” (no further description of methods online). |
| Aqua-Institute: http://www.aqua-institut.de/leistung.html |
Introduction to the compendium of indicators: Chapter 6.5. |
| ÄZQ http://www.aezq.de |
Evaluation of clinical measures of quality management, quality criteria and quality indicators in healthcare. |
