Evidence for publicly reported quality indicators in residential long-term care: a systematic review

Table 2 Data collection, measurement and reporting of QIs from each country

Country	Type of data collection	Data source	Measurement frequency	Reporting frequency	Website	Lowest level of publicly reported data	Risk-adjustment
US	routine	MDS 3.0, CMS claims	quarterly	yearly	Medicare.gov	facility	Partly
CA	routine	RAI-MDS 2.0	quarterly	yearly	Your Health System	facility	Yes
NZ	routine	interRAI LTCF	quarterly	quarterly	interRAI New Zealand	District Health Board	No
AU	separate	survey	quarterly	quarterly	GEN aged care data	region	No
BE	separate	survey	yearly	yearly	Vlaams Instituut voor Kwaliteit van Zorg	region	No
NL	separate	survey	yearly	yearly	Zorginstituut Nederland	facility	No
NO	routine, separate	Registers / survey	yearly/ half-yearly	yearly/ half-yearly	Helsedirektoratet	municipality	No
SE	routine	Registers/survey	yearly	yearly	Kolada Senior Alert Socialstyrelsen Folkhälsomyndigheten	municipality	No

Abbreviations: AU Australia, BE Belgium, CA Canada, CMS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, LTCF Long-Term Care Facilities, MDS Minimum Data Set, NL Netherlands, NO Norway, NZ New Zealand, QI Quality Indicator, RAI Resident Assessment Instrument, SE Sweden, US United States

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