A pressure ulcer and fall rate quality composite index for acute care units: A measure development study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Composite indices are single measures that combine the strengths of two or more individual measures and provide broader, easy-to-use measures for evaluation of provider performance and comparisons across units and hospitals to support quality improvement.

Objective

The study objective was to develop a unit-level inpatient composite nursing care quality performance index-the Pressure Ulcer and Fall Rate Quality Composite Index.

Design

Two-phase measure development study.

Settings

5144 patient care units in 857 United States hospitals participating in the National Database of Nursing Quality Indictors^® during the year 2013.

Methods

The Pressure Ulcer and Fall Rate Quality Composite Index was developed in two phases. In Phase 1 the for

SUBMITTER: Boyle DK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5154684 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature