Effectiveness of Quality Improvement Strategies for the Management of CKD: A Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Quality improvement interventions have enhanced care for other chronic illnesses, but their effectiveness for patients with CKD is unknown. We sought to determine the effects of quality improvement strategies on clinical outcomes in adult patients with nondialysis-requiring CKD.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

We conducted a systematic review of randomized trials, searching Medline and the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organization of Care database from January of 2003 to April of 2015. Eligible studies evaluated one or more of 11 prespecified quality improvement strategies, and prespecified study outcomes included at least one process of care measure, surrogate outcome, or hard clinical outcome. We used a random effects model to est

SUBMITTER: Silver SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5628709 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature