ArticleImplementation science : IS2013
Development of quality of care indicators from systematic reviews: the case of hospital delivery.
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- Clinical trials registries are underused in the pregnancy and childbirth literature: a systematic review of the top 20 journals.BMC research notes · 2016Pooled it
- Quality indicators and development targets in the national clinical quality registries in cancer care and screening.BMJ open quality · 2025Article
- Quality Indicators during Delivery and the Immediate Postpartum Period: A Modified Delphi Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Updating quality indicators for low-risk labour care in Japan using current clinical practice guidelines: a modified Delphi method.BMJ open · 2019Article
- Effects of the performance management information system in improving performance: an empirical study in Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital.SpringerPlus · 2016Article
- Emerging Role of Quality Indicators in Physical Therapist Practice and Health Service Delivery.Physical therapy · 2016Article
- Assessing the performance of maternity care in Europe: a critical exploration of tools and indicators.BMC health services research · 2015Review
- Facility-based active management of the third stage of labour: assessment of quality in six countries in sub-Saharan Africa.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe objective of this research is to generate quality of care indicators from systematic reviews to assess the appropriateness of obstetric care in hospitals.
methodsA search for systematic reviews about hospital obstetric interventions, conducted in The Cochrane Library, clinical evidence and practice guidelines, identified 303 reviews. We selected 48 high-quality evidence reviews, which resulted in strong clinical recommendations using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) system. The 255 remaining reviews were excluded, mainly due to a lack of strong evidence provided by the studies reviewed.
resultsA total of 18 indicators were formulated from these clinical recommendations, on antepartum care (8), care during delivery and postpartum (9), and incomplete miscarriage (1). Authors of the systematic reviews and specialists in obstetrics were consulted to refine the formulation of indicators.
conclusionsHigh-quality systematic reviews, whose conclusions clearly claim in favour or against an intervention, can be a source for generating quality indicators of delivery care. To make indicators coherent, the nuances of clinical practice should be considered. Any attempt made to evaluate the extent to which delivery care in hospitals is based on scientific evidence should take the generated indicators into account.
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