The major quality indicator reported by CHKS is mortality as a Risk Adjusted Mortality Index (RAMI).
Several reports have identified patient information as a major quality indicator in the overall management of patients, for example, the French Agency for Accreditation and Evaluation in Health ANAESS) defines patient information and education as a criteria of quality in its accreditation system.
The quality of the surface waters of the inland valleys for agricultural utilisation was assessed using major water quality indicators.
Prerequisites for Target-Oriented Health Care" [ 3], with a major focus on quality indicator sets addressing patient safety.
Well-developed quality assurance systems currently exist in high-income countries [7, 8], where the development and use of quality indicators has led to major improvements in the standard of emergency care provided [9].
This could have been a major incentive for hospitals to meet the quality indicators and thus improve their NHL care (if necessary).
To assess prospectively the effect of benchmarking on quality of primary care for patients with type 2 diabetes by using three major modifiable cardiovascular risk factors as critical quality indicators.
Following the model proposed by Donabedian, quality indicators should be monitored in all three major areas of health care: structure, process and outcome [ 35].
The new GMS contract introduced in 2004 represented a major change to general practice funding, with a substantial increases in PfP for quality indicators, delivered through a quality and outcomes framework (QOF) based on the best available research evidence [ 1].
