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Table 2 Description of studies by author, year, country, study design, objective, number of clinical care indicators and selection criteria

From: Definition of a core set of quality indicators for the assessment of HIV/AIDS clinical care: a systematic review

Author

year

Country

Study design

Objective

No. of clinical care indicators

Selection criteria

Mathews et al. [20, 21]

1989, 1997

USA

Retrospective cohort

To study patients whose episode of care for pneumocystis pneumonia began on the date of hospital admission, and examine outcomes and processes of care limited to the patient portion of the care episode.

20, 11

Undefined

Wu et al. [23]

2000

USA

Review

To review concepts related to quality of care

17

Expert panel

Asch et al. [24]

2004

USA

Cross-Sectional Study

To evaluate HIV quality of care using a symptom-based, patient-centered framework.

12

Expert panel

Salomon et al. [25]

2005

USA

Cohort study

To assess the impact of patient volume on the quality of care received by AIDS patients within a state’s Medicaid managed system.

15

Guidelines

Wilson at al. [26]

2007

USA

Cross-Sectional Study

To determine whether a selected set of indicators can represent a single overall quality construct.

8

Guidelines

UNGASS Indicator registry [22]

2008

USA

Project

To be a central repository of information on indicators used to track the AIDS epidemic and the national, regional and global response.

9

Guidelines and Expert panel

Alemayehu et al. [29]

2009

Ethiopia

Cross-Sectional Study

To assess the quality of clinical care provided to patients with HIV in Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital.

14

Guidelines and Expert panel

Horberg et al. [27]

2010

USA

Project

To establish a single set of aligned HIV quality measures for care processes and intermediate outcomes for external accountability and individual quality improvement.

17

Guidelines and Expert panel

Hoskins et al. [32]

2010

Malawi

Conceptual modeling

To discuss the challenges of monitoring the progress of the treated population in low-income countries by describing the lack of consensus on indicators, and the burden associated with compiling them.

5

Guidelines and Expert panel

von Wichmann et al. [30]

2010

Spain

Project

To design the present quality of care indicators for persons with HIV/AIDS.

25

Expert panel

Korthuis et al. [28]

2011

USA

Observational cohort

To examine the impact of buprenorphine/naloxone (bup/nx) treatment on quality of HIV care in a multisite cohort of patients with coexisting opioid dependence and HIV infection.

16

Guidelines and Expert panel

Thanprasertsuk et al. [31]

2012

Thailand

Program evaluation

To report experience of HIVQUAL-T implementation in Thailand.

14

Guidelines