Quality indicators and community pharmacy services: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Quality indicators are a commonly used improvement tool in health care. There is growing interest and activity in the use of quality indicators to improve community pharmacy practice. OBJECTIVES:To conduct a scoping review of the use of quality indicators for community pharmacy practice, including their methods of development and evaluation. METHODS:Electronic databases (EMBASE and PubMed) were searched to identify papers published between January 2008 and April 2018. No limits were applied for language of publication or country of origin. Studies were included if they reported empirical data regarding the development or evaluation of quality indicators. All study designs were eligible for inclusion. Duplicate independent screening was undertaken of the search results. Data extr

SUBMITTER: Alhusein N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6900189 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature