| ACHS |
Hospital Clinical Project Indicators |
NHMBWG |
Quality &Outcome Project Indicators |
JCAHO |
Maryland |
UK-NHS |
| Clinical importance |
Clearly defined |
Simple |
Reliability |
Validity |
Quantify aspects of care |
Aspects of clinical care |
| Outcome focus |
Accurate data |
Well defined |
Validity |
Reliability |
Definitions acceptable |
Meets objectives of clinical care |
| Data availability |
Identified by frequency / diagnosis |
Easily understood |
Sensitivity / Specificity |
Meaningful data |
Validity |
Standards of service delivery to achieve objectives |
| Usefulness |
Clinical relevance |
Key activities central to organisation tasks |
Responsiveness |
Useful to improve health care |
Reliability |
Relationship of indicator to objectives |
| Resource intensity |
Practical benefit: cost ratio |
Informative |
Interpretability |
Nationally consistent comparative data |
Meaningful |
Clarity of definitions |
| Universality |
Systemwide performance |
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Significance |
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Useful to improve patient care |
Presentation of data |
| Political/social importance |
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Burden (collection impost) |
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Interpretation of Indicator |
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Vulnerability (distortion) |
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Usefulness-cost: utility ratio |
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Utility |
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Potential for action/change |
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Alternative forms |
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Independent collaboration |
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