Development of primary care quality indicators for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using a Delphi-derived method.

ABSTRACT: High-quality care for patients with COPD is necessary. To achieve quality improvement in primary care, the general practitioner and the electronic health record (EHR) play an important role. The aim of this study was to develop a set of evidence-based and EHR extractable quality indicators (QIs) to measure and improve the quality of COPD primary care. We composed a multidisciplinary expert panel of 12 members, including patients, and used a RAND-modified Delphi method. The SMART principle was applied to select recommendations and QIs from international guidelines as well as existing sets of QIs, and these recommendations and QIs were added to an individual written questionnaire. Based on the median score, prioritization and degree of agreement, the recommendations and QIs were rated as hav

SUBMITTER: Dewaele S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8933430 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature