An Environmental Scan of Ambulatory Care Quality Indicators for Patients With Advanced Kidney Disease Currently Used in Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quality indicators can be used to identify gaps in care and drive frontline improvement activities. These efforts are important to prevent adverse events in the increasing number of ambulatory patients with advanced kidney disease in Canada, but it is unclear what indicators exist and the components of health care quality they measure.

Objective

We sought to identify, categorize, and evaluate quality indicators currently in use across Canada for ambulatory patients with advanced kidney disease.

Design

Environmental scan of quality indicators currently being collected by various organizations.

Setting

We assembled a 16-member group from across Canada with expertise in nephrology and quality improvement.

Patients

Our scan included indicators rel

SUBMITTER: Hingwala J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7868503 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature