Guideline-based quality indicators-a systematic comparison of German and international clinical practice guidelines: protocol for a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quality indicators (QIs) are used in assessing the quality of healthcare. Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are relevant sources for generating QIs. In this context, QIs are important tools to assess the implementation of guideline recommendations. However, the methodological approaches to guideline-based QI development vary considerably. In Germany, the guideline classification scheme of the AWMF (German Association of the Scientific Medical Societies) differentiates between S1-, S2k-, S2e-, and S3-CPGs depending on the methodological approach. Thus, S3-CPGs are consensus- and evidence-based CPGs and have the highest methodological standard in Germany. An analysis of the status quo of reported QIs in S3-CPGs found 35 current S3-CPGs, which report 372 di

SUBMITTER: Becker M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5767020 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature