In a regulatory context, it is necessary to relate indicators to targets or thresholds that determine the necessity of management actions [7], [10].
The implementation of quality of care indicators enables stakeholders to target areas for improvement in service delivery.
25 26 The implementation of quality of care indicators enables stakeholders to target areas for improvement in service delivery to improve patient outcomes and ultimately save costs.
The PbR Assurance Framework consists of: an annual, independent, external, clinical coding audit programme at every NHS acute trust; the development of benchmarking indicators and tools to target the audits and for wider use by the NHS; regular national analyses and briefings on issues arising from the audits and benchmarking.
SBP has been previously determined to be the most critical quality indicator to bring to target level and was therefore used as the main item considered for the sample size calculation.
In addition to target indicators and strategic areas, the strategy provides more detailed and specific information on the health financing situation in the Asia Pacific region.
Index I5 uses the IndVal procedure [ 49] primarily designed to target indicator species according to ecological conditions using cluster analysis.
The plan is to target critical indicators such as the child mortality rate, infrastructural deficits and access to elementary education as first steps in a large-scale strategic intervention.
So much so that I've heard Foxtons actually use the presence of a trendy coffee shop as an indicator of areas of growth to target.
The expression level of E-cadherin and ZEB1 is a useful indicator of cancer cell sensitive to target therapy including epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors, gefitinib, and erlotinib [ 131].
