Quality indicators for diabetes mellitus in the ambulatory setting: using the Delphi method to inform performance measurement development.

摘要

There are multiple "evidence-based" diabetes guidelines that are used to develop diabetes performance measures for diabetes by multiple stakeholders within the United States, Europe, and other countries. Similarly, there are multiple differing sets of performance measures. Although leading organisations that develop measures or endorse measures report their process, the explicit reasoning underlying the selection of the final measures is often not apparent.