Quality indicators for rural surgical and obstetrical care: A modified Delphi consensus study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify contextually relevant indicators to measure the quality of surgical and obstetrical care in low-volume rural hospitals using a consensus-based methodology.

Methods

A modified Delphi process was implemented in which participants were asked to rate the priority of proposed evaluation metrics over two rounds. Two Delphi surveys were electronically administered in 2019, approximately one month apart. Fifty-one health care professionals from across Canada, including rural proceduralists and quality improvement experts, were invited to participate. All quality measures in the first round were proposed by the study team. The second round included measures that did not reach consensus in the first round and measures suggested by respondents during the first rou

SUBMITTER: Parajulee A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12517512 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature