Skip to main content

Table 3 List of QUALIFY criteria

From: The swiss neonatal quality cycle, a monitor for clinical performance and tool for quality improvement

QUALIFY criteria

SNN

Relevance

Importance of the quality characteristic captured with the quality indicator for patients and the health care system

applied

Benefit

applied

Consideration of potential risks / side effects

applied

Scientific soundness

Indicator evidence

applied

Clarity of the definitions (of the indicator and its application)

applied

Reliability

modified

Ability of statistical differentiation

modified

Risk adjustment

modified

Sensitivity

-

Specificity

-

Validity

applied

Feasibility

Understandability and interpretability for patients and the interested public

-

Understandability for physicians and nurses

applied

Indicator expression can be influenced by providers

applied

Data availability

applied

Data collection effort

applied

Barriers for implementation considered

applied

Correctness of data can be verified

applied

Completeness of data can be verified

applied

 

Complete count of data sets can be verified

applied

  1. List of the QUALIFY criteria developed by the German National Institute for Quality Measurement in Health Care (BQS). SNN: Swiss Neonatal Network.