ArticlePhysical therapy2016
Emerging Role of Quality Indicators in Physical Therapist Practice and Health Service Delivery.
Article in Physical therapy, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Quality of Care Indicators for Hospital Physical Therapy Units: A Systematic Review.Physical therapy · 2022Pooled it
- Establishing a Research Agenda for Physiotherapy in Portugal: A Delphi Study.Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy · 2025Article
- Quality indicators for the rehabilitation before and after total knee arthroplasty in Japan: a modified Delphi method and practice test.Arthroplasty (London, England) · 2025Article
- A Snapshot of Hip and Knee Replacement Rehabilitation Care Across Canada: A Cross-Sectional Survey Using an Online Clinician Quality Indicator Questionnaire.Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada · 2025Article
- Improving quality of care in traumatic spinal column/spinal cord injuries (TSC/SCI) in Iran: a policy brief.Spinal cord series and cases · 2024Article
- A consensus-based agreement on a definition of a process variable: findings from a New Zealand nominal group technique study.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Sensor-Acquired Reachable Workspace (RWS) Correlates with Activities of Daily Living (ADL) Function in Stroke as Measured by Functional Independence Measure (FIM) Self-Care.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A framework to improve quality of hospital-based physiotherapy: a design-based research study.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Applying patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in physiotherapy: an evaluation based on the QUALITOUCH Activity Index.Archives of physiotherapy · 2022Article
- What is the value and impact of the adaptation process on quality indicators for local use? A scoping review.PloS one · 2022Article
- A continuous PREMs and PROMs Observatory for elective hip and knee arthroplasty: study protocol.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Patient-Reported Outcome-Based Quality Indicators in Dutch Primary Care Physical Therapy for Patients With Nonspecific Low Back Pain: A Cohort Study.Physical therapy · 2021Article
- Priorities of Hybrid Clinician-Managers: A Qualitative Study of How Managers Balance Clinical Quality Among Competing Responsibilities.Physical therapy · 2021Article
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- Patient-reported quality indicators to evaluate physiotherapy care for hip and/or knee osteoarthritis- development and evaluation of the QUIPA tool.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2020Article
- Relationships Between Context, Process, and Outcome Indicators to Assess Quality of Physiotherapy Care in Patients with Whiplash-Associated Disorders: Applying Donabedian's Model of Care.Patient preference and adherence · 2020Article
- Development of a standard set of outcome measures for non-specific low back pain in Dutch primary care physiotherapy practices: a Delphi study.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2019Review
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- Development of a Standard Set of Outcome Domains and Proposed Measures for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Primary Care Physical Therapy Practice in the Netherlands: a Modified RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2019Review
- Impact of Self- and Peer Assessment on the Clinical Performance of Physiotherapists in Primary Care: A Cohort Study.Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada · 2018Article
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Abstract
Quality-based care is a hallmark of physical therapy. Treatment effectiveness must be evident to patients, managers, employers, and funders. Quality indicators (QIs) are tools that specify the minimum acceptable standard of practice. They are used to measure health care processes, organizational structures, and outcomes that relate to aspects of high-quality care of patients. Physical therapists can use QIs to guide clinical decision making, implement guideline recommendations, and evaluate and report treatment effectiveness to key stakeholders, including third-party payers and patients. Rehabilitation managers and senior decision makers can use QIs to assess care gaps and achievement of benchmarks as well as to guide quality improvement initiatives and strategic planning. This article introduces the value and use of QIs to guide clinical practice and health service delivery specific to physical therapy. A framework to develop, select, report, and implement QIs is outlined, with total joint arthroplasty rehabilitation as an example. Current initiatives of Canadian and American physical therapy associations to develop tools to help clinicians report and access point-of-care data on patient progress, treatment effectiveness, and practice strengths for the purpose of demonstrating the value of physical therapy to patients, decision makers, and payers are discussed. Suggestions on how physical therapists can participate in QI initiatives and integrate a quality-of-care approach in clinical practice are made.
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