Abbreviated care-process quality indicator sets linked with survival and functional status benefit in older adults under ambulatory care.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify subsets of ambulatory care (outpatient only) quality indicators (QIs) associated with better survival and physical function outcomes.

Design

Observational cohort study.

Setting

Pooled data from the Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders (ACOVE)-1 study, which measured quality of care using 140 care-process QIs, and the subsequent ACOVE-2 study, which reduced the QIs to 69 ambulatory care QIs.

Participants

Older adults receiving ambulatory care (N=1,015).

Measurements

To prioritize and reduce the QIs into subsets, an expert panel rated each of 69 ambulatory care QIs for the strength of the link between process and benefit, defined as direct trial evidence on older adults or high expectation of benefit if a trial were conducted in older

SUBMITTER: Min L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4137322 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature