Developing and evaluating performance measures for ambulatory care quality: a preliminary report of the DEMPAQ project

A G Lawthers; R H Palmer; J E Edwards; J Fowles; D W Garnick; J P Weiner

doi:10.1016/s1070-3241(16)30036-0

Developing and evaluating performance measures for ambulatory care quality: a preliminary report of the DEMPAQ project

Jt Comm J Qual Improv. 1993 Dec;19(12):552-65. doi: 10.1016/s1070-3241(16)30036-0.

Authors

A G Lawthers¹, R H Palmer, J E Edwards, J Fowles, D W Garnick, J P Weiner

Affiliation

¹ Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, MA 02115.

PMID: 8118524
DOI: 10.1016/s1070-3241(16)30036-0

Abstract

Because of the focus on technical quality, the content of the DEMPAQ performance measures is clinically detailed and oriented toward processes of care relevant to the everyday practice of medicine in the ambulatory setting. This emphasis is crucial if the performance measures are to be useful to practicing physicians.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Ambulatory Care / standards*
Pilot Projects
Process Assessment, Health Care / organization & administration
Process Assessment, Health Care / standards*
Quality of Health Care / organization & administration
Quality of Health Care / standards*
United States