ReviewThe European journal of general practice2015
Quality indicators for patient safety in primary care. A review and Delphi-survey by the LINNEAUS collaboration on patient safety in primary care.
Review in The European journal of general practice, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Patient Safety Domains in Primary Healthcare: A Systematic Review.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2024Pooled it
- Mapping Quality Indicators in Primary Health Care: A Scoping Review of Contemporary Approaches and Persistent Measurement Gaps.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Patient safety indicators for virtual consultations in primary care: A systematic review protocol.PloS one · 2025Article
- Patient and provider perspectives on reducing risk of harm in primary health care: a qualitative questionnaire study in Sweden.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2020Article
- Diagnostic errors reported in primary healthcare and emergency departments: A retrospective and descriptive cohort study of 4830 reported cases of preventable harm in Sweden.The European journal of general practice · 2019Article
- Quality, safety and performance management in primary health care: from scoping review to research priority setting and implementation plan in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.BMJ global health · 2019Article
- Descriptive study of association between quality of care and empathy and burnout in primary care.BMC medical ethics · 2017Article
- Patient safety principles in family medicine residency accreditation standards and curriculum objectives: Implications for primary care.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2016Article
- Developing a research agenda for patient safety in primary care. Background, aims and output of the LINNEAUS collaboration on patient safety in primary care.The European journal of general practice · 2015Article
- First experiences with patient safety initiatives in Greek rural primary care. Action research by the LINNEAUS collaboration on patient safety in primary care.The European journal of general practice · 2015Review
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Authors and funding
7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundQuality indicators are measured aspects of healthcare, reflecting the performance of a healthcare provider or healthcare system. They have a crucial role in programmes to assess and improve healthcare. Many performance measures for primary care have been developed. Only the Catalan model for patient safety in primary care identifies key domains of patient safety in primary care.
objectiveTo present an international framework for patient safety indicators in primary care.
methodsLiterature review and online Delphi-survey, starting from the Catalan model.
resultsA set of 30 topics is presented, identified by an international panel and organized according to the Catalan model for patient safety in primary care. Most topic areas referred to specific clinical processes; additional topics were leadership, people management, partnership and resources.
conclusionThe framework can be used to organize indicator development and guide further work in the field.
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