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Table 1 Included articles in review

From: Home care quality indicators based on the Resident Assessment Instrument-Home Care (RAI-HC): a systematic review

1st author, Year of publication

Country

Study aim

Study population (sample size)

Name of QI set

Number of QIs

Development and validation process of QI set

Hirdes, 2004 [37]

Canada and USA

To develop home care QIs based on RAI-HC.

Persons receiving home care services for at least 30 days (n = 14,293 clients)

interRAI’s 1st generation QI set

Total: 22 Outcome: 19 Process: 3

Step 1: Identification of candidate QIs based on literature review, focus groups and expert meetings.

Step 2: Ranking of QIs by investigators.

Step 3: Empirical testing of QIs (denominator size, relative frequency and variation) and development of risk adjustment based on cross-national data.

Dalby, 2005 [38]

Canada

To explore the effect of risk adjustment for interRAI’s 1st generation QI set.

Persons aged 18 years and older receiving home care services (n = 22 HCOs)

interRAI’s 1st generation QI set

Total: 22 Outcome: 19 Process: 3

No QI development, but investigation of three approaches of risk adjustment and comparison of unadjusted and risk-adjusted QI rates.

Burla, 2010 [29]

Switzerland

To develop and examine home care QIs based on RAI-HC for Switzerland.

Persons aged 18 years and older receiving home care services (n = 1808 clients, 45 HCOs)

Swiss RAI-HC QI set

Total: 29 Outcome: 27 Process: 2

Step 1: Identification of candidate QIs based on interRAI’s 1st generation QI set and development of new QIs for the Swiss context.

Step 2: Rating of QIs in focus groups with health care professionals (nominal group technique).

Step 3: Empirical testing of QIs (denominator size, relative frequency and variation) based on Swiss home care data.

Step 4: Interrater reliability testing of subset of QIs.

Morris, 2013 [30]

Europe, Canada, USA

To develop 2nd generation home care QIs based on RAI-HC.

Persons aged 65 years and older receiving home care services (n = 335,544 clients, 1654 HCOs)

interRAI’s 2nd generation QI set

Total: 23 Outcome: 22 Process: 1

Step 1: Identification of candidate QIs based on interRAI’s 1st generation QI set and QIs from other settings.

Step 2: Evaluation of QIs by representatives of HCOs in one-on-one discussions and focus groups. Review of QIs by interRAI’s cross-national program development committee.

Step 3: Empirical testing of QIs (denominator size, relative frequency, variation, factor analysis) and development of risk adjustment based on cross-national data.

  1. Abbreviations: QI Quality indicator, RAI-HC Resident Assessment Instrument-Home Care, HCO Home care organization