Citation

Boyle S, Dennehy R, Healy O, Browne J. HRB Open Res 2018; 1: e6.

Affiliation

School of Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Health Research Board ; F1000 Research Limited)

DOI

10.12688/hrbopenres.12805.1

PMID

32002501

PMCID

PMC6973523

Abstract

Objectives: To develop a set of performance indicators to monitor the performance of emergency and urgent care systems in the Republic of Ireland. Design: This study comprised of an update of a previously performed systematic review and a formal consensus development exercise. Results: Initial literature searches yielded 2339 article titles.  After further searches, sixty items were identified for full-text review. Following this review, fifty-seven were excluded. Three articles were identified for inclusion in the systematic review. These papers produced 42 unique indicators for consideration during the consensus development exercise. In total, 17 indicators had a median of greater than 7 following the meeting and met our pre-specified criterion for acceptable consensus. Discussion: Using this systematic review and nominal group consensus development exercise, we have identified a set of 17 indicators, which a consensus of different experts regard as potentially good measures of the performance of urgent and emergency care systems in Ireland.

Copyright: © 2018 Boyle S et al.

Language: en

Keywords

accident & emergency medicine; consensus development group exercise; performance indicators; serious emergency conditions; urgent and emergency care systems; urgent care-sensitive conditions