The Resident Assessment Instrument-Minimum Data Set 2.0 quality indicators: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Resident Assessment Instrument-Minimum Data Set (RAI-MDS) 2.0 is designed to collect the minimum amount of data to guide care planning and monitoring for residents in long-term care settings. These data have been used to compute indicators of care quality. Use of the quality indicators to inform quality improvement initiatives is contingent upon the validity and reliability of the indicators. The purpose of this review was to systematically examine published and grey research reports in order to assess the state of the science regarding the validity and reliability of the RAI-MDS 2.0 Quality Indicators (QIs).

Methods

We systematically reviewed the evidence for the validity and reliability of the RAI-MDS 2.0 QIs. A comprehensive literature search identified rel

SUBMITTER: Hutchinson AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2914032 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature