SynthesisTransplantation2018
Quality Metrics in Solid Organ Transplantation: A Systematic Review.
Synthesis in Transplantation, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Perioperative quality indicators specific to the practice of anesthesia in noncardiac surgery: an umbrella review.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2024Pooled it
- The Role of Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin (NGAL) as a Biomarker in Predicting the Function of Kidney Grafts: A Literature Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Patient-reported Outcome Measures in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: Current use, Challenges, and Recommendations for Future use.Transplantation · 2026Review
- Quality indicators in living kidney donation for transplantation: a scoping review.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Quality indicators for deceased organ and tissue donation for transplantation: a scoping review protocol.Systematic reviews · 2025Article
- Quality metrics in solid organ donation: A narrative review.World journal of transplantation · 2025Review
- Days alive and out of the hospital at 1 year following heart transplant: Comparing donation after brain death versus after circulatory death.JHLT open · 2025Article
- Metrics to assess the quality of anesthesia, perioperative care, and acute pain management in Canada: a scoping review.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2025Article
- Patient Perspectives of Center-Specific Reporting in Kidney Failure Care: An Australian Qualitative Study.Kidney international reports · 2024Article
- Hospital admissions associated with dehydration in childhood kidney transplantation.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2024Article
- What's to Lose When We Choose: Decision-making in Lung Transplantation.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2023Article
- European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT) Consensus Statement on Outcome Measures in Liver Transplantation According to Value-Based Health Care.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2023Article
- "It's My Life and It's Now or Never"-Transplant Recipients Empowered From a Service-Dominant Logic Perspective.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2023Article
- Acceptability of an mHealth Family Self-management Intervention (myFAMI) for Pediatric Transplantation Families: Qualitative Focus.JMIR nursing · 2022Article
- Textbook Outcome as a Quality Metric in Liver Transplantation.Transplantation direct · 2022Article
- Central importance of emotional and quality-of-life outcomes in the public's perception of face transplantation.The British journal of surgery · 2021Article
- An Environmental Scan and Evaluation of Quality Indicators Across Canadian Kidney Transplant Centers.Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2021Article
- Kidney transplant program waitlisting rate as a metric to assess transplant access.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2021Article
- A RAND-Modified Delphi on Key Indicators to Measure the Efficiency of Living Kidney Donor Candidate Evaluations.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2020Article
- Tool to Aid Patients in Selecting a Liver Transplant Center.Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe best approach for determining whether a transplant program is delivering high-quality care is unknown. This review aims to identify and characterize quality metrics in solid organ transplantation.
methodsMedline, Embase, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were searched from inception until February 1, 2017. Relevant full text reports and conference abstracts that examined quality metrics in organ transplantation were included. Two reviewers independently extracted study characteristics and quality metrics from 52 full text reports and 24 abstracts. PROSPERO registration: CRD42016035353.
resultsThree hundred seventeen quality metrics were identified and condensed into 114 unique indicators with sufficient detail to be measured in practice; however, many lacked details on development and selection, were poorly defined, or had inconsistent definitions. The process for selecting quality indicators was described in only 5 publications and patient involvement was noted in only 1. Twenty-four reports used the indicators in clinical care, including 12 quality improvement studies. Only 14 quality metrics were assessed against patient and graft survivals.
conclusionsMore than 300 quality metrics have been reported in transplantation but many lacked details on development and selection, were poorly defined, or had inconsistent definitions. Measures have focused on safety and effectiveness with very few addressing other quality domains, such as equity and patient-centeredness. Future research will need to focus on transparent and objective metric development with proper testing, evaluation, and implementation in practice. Patients will need to be involved to ensure that transplantation quality metrics measure what is important to them.
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