Quality of Care Indicators in Patients with Acute Pancreatitis.

Affiliation

Department of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, 2002 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. [Email]

Abstract

Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a common and expensive condition. Improving quality of care in AP is vital to minimizing cost and improving patient outcomes. However, there has been little work accomplished toward developing and validating explicit quality indicators (QIs) in AP.

Keywords

Acute pancreatitis,Delphi,Quality,Quality improvement,