Abstract
Whyte J. Invited commentary on quality of care indicators for the rehabilitation of
children with traumatic brain injury, and quality of care indicators for the structure
and organization of inpatient rehabilitation care of children with traumatic brain
injury.
Measures of structure and process in health care have been shown to be associated
with care outcomes in prior research. Two articles in this issue propose measures
of structure and process that may be relevant to pediatric traumatic brain injury
rehabilitation. This commentary considers how these potential measures may be related
to the actual treatments and services that ultimately affect patient outcomes.
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Published online: January 27, 2012
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© 2012 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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- Quality of Care Indicators for the Structure and Organization of Inpatient Rehabilitation Care of Children With Traumatic Brain InjuryArchives of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationVol. 93Issue 3
- PreviewZumsteg JM, Ennis SK, Jaffe KM, Mangione-Smith R, MacKenzie EJ, Rivara FP, and the National Expert Panel for the Development of Pediatric Rehabilitation Quality of Care Indicators. Quality of care indicators for the structure and organization of inpatient rehabilitation care of children with traumatic brain injury.
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- Quality of Care Indicators for the Rehabilitation of Children With Traumatic Brain InjuryArchives of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationVol. 93Issue 3
- Can Quality of Care Indicators Measure Quality of Care?Archives of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationVol. 93Issue 11
- PreviewWe found the recent articles1,2 and commentary3 on quality of care measures in pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) to be informative, thought-provoking, and yet somewhat disheartening. The work of the National Expert Panel for the Development of Pediatric Quality of Care Indicators strives to advance quality in pediatric TBI with designation of quality indicators and the demonstration of meaningful variations of adherence in a subset of indicators across rehabilitation units. The work offers a foundation to study quality in this population, and from such a platform, design and implement worthwhile quality improvement (QI) initiatives.
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