ArticleScandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine2017
Developing quality indicators for physician-staffed emergency medical services: a consensus process.
Article in Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
33 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Data variables reported during neonatal transport: a systematic literature review.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026Pooled it
- Association of ambulance and helicopter response times with patient survival: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Quality measurement in physician-staffed emergency medical services: a systematic literature review.International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care · 2019Pooled it
- Assessment of clinical and logistical contribution in a Norwegian helicopter emergency medical service using integrated data: a retrospective observational study.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2026Observational
- Introducing an on-site Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) physician at the Emergency Medical Communication Centre - implications for dispatch precision at a Norwegian HEMS base.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Post-mission debriefs in helicopter emergency medicine services- introducing "The compassionate debrief".Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Challenges of pre-hospital emergency care at Addis Ababa Fire and Disaster Risk Management Commission, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Reporting interhospital neonatal intensive care transport: international five-step Delphi-based template.BMJ paediatrics open · 2024Article
- Characteristics of the most severely ill and injured patients in a Norwegian helicopter emergency medical service: a retrospective cohort study.BMC emergency medicine · 2024Article
- How can quality be measured within a physician-led Community Emergency Medical service? A scoping review protocol.Systematic reviews · 2024Article
- Observational
- Overcoming distance: an exploration of current practices of government and charity-funded critical care transport and retrieval organizations.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2023Review
- Article
- The development of emergency medical services benefit score: a European Delphi study.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2021Article
- Development of quality indicators to measure pre-hospital emergency medical services for road traffic injury.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Article
- Analgesia in adult trauma patients in physician-staffed Austrian helicopter rescue: a 12-year registry analysis.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2021Observational
- Rebuild doctor-patient trust in medical service delivery in China.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Mortality and quality of care in Nordic physician-staffed emergency medical services.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2020Observational
- The first seven years of nationally organized helicopter emergency medical services in Finland - the data from quality registry.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2020Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThere is increasing interest for quality measurement in health care services; pre-hospital emergency medical services (EMS) included. However, attempts of measuring the quality of physician-staffed EMS (P-EMS) are scarce. The aim of this study was to develop a set of quality indicators for international P-EMS to allow quality improvement initiatives.
methodsA four-step modified nominal group technique process (expert panel method) was used.
resultsThe expert panel reached consensus on 26 quality indicators for P-EMS. Fifteen quality indicators measure quality of P-EMS responses (response-specific quality indicators), whereas eleven quality indicators measure quality of P-EMS system structures (system-specific quality indicators). DISCUSSION: When measuring quality, the six quality dimensions defined by The Institute of Medicine should be appraised. We argue that this multidimensional approach to quality measurement seems particularly reasonable for services with a highly heterogenic patient population and complex operational contexts, like P-EMS. The quality indicators in this study were developed to represent a broad and comprehensive approach to quality measurement of P-EMS.
conclusionsThe expert panel successfully developed a set of quality indicators for international P-EMS. The quality indicators should be prospectively tested for feasibility, validity and reliability in clinical datasets. The quality indicators should then allow for adjusted quality measurement across different P-EMS systems.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.