Selection of Quality Indicators to Evaluate Quality of Care for Patients with Esophageal Atresia Using a Delphi Method

Conclusion This study established a core indicator set of twenty-two baseline characteristics, eight outcome indicators, one structure indicator, and three process indicators for evaluating (quality of) EA care in Europe. These indicators, covering various aspects of EA care, will be implemented in the European Pediatric Surgical Audit to enable recognition of practice variation and focus EA care improvement initiatives. [...] Georg Thieme Verlag KG Rüdigerstraße 14, 70469 Stuttgart, GermanyArticle in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents  |  Abstract  |  Full text
Source: European Journal of Pediatric Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Original Article Source Type: research