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| Title |
Development of quality indicators for monitoring outcomes of frail elderly hospitalised in acute care health settings: Study Protocol
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| Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, October 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-11-281 |
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| Authors |
Caroline A Brand, Melinda Martin-Khan, Olivia Wright, Richard N Jones, John N Morris, Catherine M Travers, Joannne Tropea, Leonard C Gray |
| Abstract |
Frail older people admitted to acute care hospitals are at risk of a range of adverse outcomes, including geriatric syndromes, although targeted care strategies can improve health outcomes for these patients. It is therefore important to assess inter-hospital variation in performance in order to plan and resource improvement programs. Clinical quality outcome indicators provide a mechanism for identifying variation in performance over time and between hospitals, however to date there has been no routine use of such indicators in acute care settings. A barrier to using quality indicators is lack of access to routinely collected clinical data. The interRAI Acute Care (AC) assessment system supports comprehensive geriatric assessment of older people within routine daily practice in hospital and includes process and outcome data pertaining to geriatric syndromes. This paper reports the study protocol for the development of aged care quality indicators for acute care hospitals. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 95 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| Brazil | 2 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| India | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 88 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 16 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 11% |
| Lecturer | 8 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 7% |
| Other | 26 | 27% |
| Unknown | 17 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 33 | 35% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 9 | 9% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 5 | 5% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 7 | 7% |
| Unknown | 28 | 29% |