Candidate Quality Measures for Orthopaedic Surgery Outreach Trips: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Up to 30% of the global burden of disease is secondary to surgical conditions, most of which falls on those in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Ensuring that the quality of care delivered during outreach trips to address these conditions is foundational. Limited work has been done to develop and implement tools to assess and improve the quality of care for these trips. The purpose of this study was to identify candidate quality measures that address orthopaedic surgery outreach trips in LMICs.

Methods

We conducted a systematic review of MEDLINE/PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and other databases to identify candidate quality measures relevant to orthopaedic surgery outreach to LMICs. Quality measures were then categorized by system manag

SUBMITTER: Shapiro LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8443848 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature