Composite measures of quality of health care: Evidence mapping of methodology and reporting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quality indicators are used to quantify the quality of care. A large number of quality indicators makes assessment of overall quality difficult, time consuming and impractical. There is consequently an increasing interest for composite measures based on a combination of multiple indicators.

Objective

To examine the use of different approaches to construct composite measures of quality of care and to assess the use of methodological considerations and justifications.

Methods

We conducted a literature search on PubMed and EMBASE databases (latest update 1 December 2020). For each publication, we extracted information on the weighting and aggregation methodology that had been used to construct composite indicator(s).

Results

A total of 2711 publications

SUBMITTER: Kara P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9098058 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature