Table 1 An overview of the advantages, risks and lessons learned regarding different methods of healthcare quality measure data collection for use in implementation research
From: Healthcare quality measures in implementation research: advantages, risks and lessons learned
Healthcare quality measure | Advantages | Disadvantages/risks | Lessons learned |
|---|---|---|---|
Pre-calculated (by operations, health departments, federal agencies) | • Less intensive for researchers to extract • Creates a common language for discussion with and feedback to stakeholders | • May be redefined at any time based on operational priorities | • Consider operations-calculated for monitoring implementation progress with stakeholders • Communicate regularly with operations partners to confirm definitions • Modify study budgets and consider research-calculated for site selection and evaluation of outcomes • Perform a scenario analysis using both operations- and researcher-calculated measures |
Researcher-calculated | • Increased stability of the measure’s definition | • Higher personnel costs for data extraction and management |