Sophisticated quality measures including action measures may provide a better picture of the quality of care than relying only on measures of proportions in control.
This might result in a broader view of the quality of care than relying solely on measures of proportions in control.
In primary care, evaluating whether physicians respond appropriately to poor risk factor control, in addition to assessing proportions in control, provide a broader view of the quality of care than relying solely on measures of proportions in control.
As outcome measures varied in type (i.e. different types of self-management) or presentation (continuous HbA1c scores and dichotomous measures of proportions achieving a certain reduction), we calculated the standardised mean difference (SMD).
Eta square, a measure of proportion of the between factor variability to the total variability.
This ratio of total gap days to total prescribed days yields the CMG, which is measure of proportion of days without adequate medication, also known as a ratio of non-possession.
The patterns of association are less clear for the measure of proportion of households with central heating and persons working more than 40 h per week, but the trends are contradictory between the two comparison groups.
We also calculated concentration indices and quintile-specific proportions for measures of the proportion of the population exposed to a PSI message or interventions.
This approach randomizes the order, ie, biological measures, of the proportions while keeping the total proportions at 100%.
The types of measures reported, proportion of studies reporting ≥2 measures and mean (±SD) number of measures per study were determined for all studies and compared between subgroups.
