From: Quality metrics in solid organ transplantation: protocol for a systematic scoping review
Domain of quality | Definition |
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Access | Delivery of health care that is timely, geographically reasonable, and provided in a setting where skills and resources are appropriate |
Equitable | Delivering health care which does not vary in quality because of personal characteristics such as gender, race, ethnicity, or socio-economic status |
Patient-centered | Delivering health care which takes into account the individual patient preferences, needs, and values |
Efficiency | Delivering health care in a manner which maximizes resources use and avoids waste, including waste of equipment, supplies, ideas and energy |
Safety | Delivering health care which minimizes risks and avoids injuries to patients from the care that is intended to help them |
Effectiveness | Delivering health care that is adherent to an evidence base and results in improved health outcomes for patients, and refraining from providing services to those not likely to benefit. |