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SynthesisBMC health services research2022

Quality measurement for cardiovascular diseases and cancer in hospital value-based healthcare: a systematic review of the literature.

Rawia Abdalla, Milena Pavlova, Mohammed Hussein, Wim Groot

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in BMC health services research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from 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.

2 · The registry

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.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. The VBHC big picture: an umbrella review.BMC health services research · 2025
    Pooled it
  2. Quality of care assessment for non-small cell lung cancer patients: transforming routine care data into a continuous improvement system.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Rawia AbdallaDepartment of Health Services Research, CAPHRI, Maastricht University, Maastricht University Medical Center, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht, Limburg, The Netherlands. r.abdalla@maastrichtuniversity.nl.
Milena PavlovaDepartment of Health Services Research, CAPHRI, Maastricht University, Maastricht University Medical Center, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht, Limburg, The Netherlands.
Mohammed HusseinDepartment of Health Services Research, CAPHRI, Maastricht University, Maastricht University Medical Center, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht, Limburg, The Netherlands.
Wim GrootDepartment of Health Services Research, CAPHRI, Maastricht University, Maastricht University Medical Center, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht, Limburg, The Netherlands.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis systematic literature review identifies hospital value-based healthcare quality measures, measurement practices, and tools, as well as potential strategies for improving cardiovascular diseases and cancer care.

methodsA systematic search was carried out in the PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, and MEDLINE (OvidSP) databases. We included studies on quality measures in hospital value-based healthcare for cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Two reviewers independently screened titles and abstracts, conducted a full-text review of potentially relevant articles, assessed the quality of included studies, and extracted data thematically. This review was conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, and four validated tools were used for methodological quality assessment.

resultsThe search yielded 2860 publications. After screening the titles and abstracts, 60 articles were retrieved for full-text review. A total of 37 studies met our inclusion criteria. We found that standardized outcome sets with patient involvement were developed for some cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Despite the heterogeneity in outcome measures, there was consensus to include clinical outcomes on survival rate and disease control, disutility of care, and patient-reported outcome measures such as long-term quality of life.

conclusionHospitals that developed value-based healthcare or are planning to do so can choose whether they prefer to implement the standardized outcomes step-by-step, collect additional measures, or develop their own set of measures. However, they need to ensure that their performance can be consistently compared to that of their peers and that they measure what prioritizes and maximizes value for their patients.

trial registrationPROSPERO ID: CRD42021229763 .

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Cardiovascular DiseasesNeoplasmsDelivery of Health CareHospitalsHumansQuality of LifeCancerCardiovascularHospitalQuality measurementValue-based healthcare

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PMID35915449
PMCPMC9341062

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