Attribute | Description |
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Validity | Meeting the standard seen as better quality |
Communicable | Relevance of measure can be explained |
Effective | Indicator measures what it purports to measure |
Reliable | Data are complete, accurate, consistent and reproducible |
Objective | Data are independent of subjective judgement |
Available | Data are available quickly/routinely with minimal cost or effort |
Contextual | Indicator is context free |
Attributable | Performance on an indicator can be attributed to the relevant individual or team |
Interpretation | Indicator should reflect health needs, capacity, structures or performance |
Comparable | Indicator should be comparable to a gold standard |
Remediable | Poor performance on an indicator can be remedied |
Repeatable | Indicator should be sensitive to improvement |