Quality indicators for primary care: an example for chronic kidney disease

Although clinical guidelines exist for the management of chronic kidney disease, there is some evidence that care provided by primary care physicians is not concordant with these guidelines. To translate guidelines into practice, a set of quality indicators that are valid and feasible is needed. In...

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Published inThe Journal of ambulatory care management Vol. 37; no. 2; p. 171
Main Authors Litvin, Cara B, Ornstein, Steven M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.04.2014
Subjects
Guideline Adherence
Humans
Physicians, Primary Care
Primary Health Care - standards
Quality Indicators, Health Care
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - therapy
Reproducibility of Results
United States
United States
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Summary:Although clinical guidelines exist for the management of chronic kidney disease, there is some evidence that care provided by primary care physicians is not concordant with these guidelines. To translate guidelines into practice, a set of quality indicators that are valid and feasible is needed. In this study, which was conducted in PPRNet in 2011, a consensus process was used to develop a set of 12 face valid and reliable quality indicators that can be utilized by primary care physicians to measure and improve chronic kidney disease management.
ISSN:1550-3267
DOI:10.1097/JAC.0000000000000015