Measuring Inconsistency in Quality Across Patient Groups to Target Quality Improvement

Conclusions: This newly developed inconsistency metric may help those designing and evaluating QI efforts to appropriately determine when targeted QI is preferred. It can be used in settings where performance varies across groups, which can be defined by patient characteristics, geographic areas, hospital wards, etc. Effectively targeting QI efforts is essential in today’s resource-constrained health care environment.
Source: Medical Care - Category: Health Management Tags: Applied Methods Source Type: research