Development of delivery indicators and delivery enablers for cardiovascular disease in the UK: a modified Delphi study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Standards to define and measure quality in healthcare for cardiovascular disease risk reduction and secondary prevention are available, but there is a paucity of indicators that could serve as facilitators of structural change at a system level. This research study aimed to develop a range of delivery indicators to help cardiac clinical networks assess delivery of and progress towards cardiovascular disease objectives.

Methods

This study used an adapted version of the European Society of Cardiology's four-step process for the development of quality indicators. The four steps in this study were as follows: identify critical factors of enablement, construct a list of candidate indicators, select a final set of indicators and assess availability of national data fo

SUBMITTER: Gale C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10900362 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature