Evidence-based quality indicators for primary healthcare in association with the risk of hospitalisation: a population-based cohort study in Switzerland.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The quality of ambulatory care in Switzerland is widely unknown. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the recently proposed quality indicators (QIs) based on a nationwide healthcare claims database and determine their association with the risk of subsequent hospitalisation at patient-level.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Inpatient and outpatient claims data of a large health insurance in Switzerland covering all regions and population strata.

Participants

520 693 patients continuously insured during 2015 and 2016.

Measures

A total of 24 QIs were obtained by adapting the existing instruments to the Swiss national context and measuring at patient-level. The association between each QI and hospitalisation in the subsequent year was

SUBMITTER: Huber CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7204929 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature