Table 4.

Breakdown of themes from the Institute of Medicine3. Values are n.

Study, AuthorSafeEffectivePatient-centeredTimelyEfficientEquitable
AF QI set, MacLean, et al112493100
Monitoring of the disease course in RA, van Hulst, et al160121160
Proposed set of QM for the process of care in JIA, Lovell, et al10326100
Eumusc QI for RA, Petersson, et al18254300
KPI to evaluate centralized intake, Barber, et al600 (1)*21 (3)*101 (1)*
Cardiovascular QI, Barber, et al7371000
AAC system-level performance measures, Barber, et al8020301
QI for physiotherapy management, Peter, et al17447020
ACR RA EQM, Yazdany, et al12120100
NCQA/PCPI/ACR, Kwoh, et al9230000
QOF-RA, NICE-QOF15030010
Quality standards for RA, NICE13252600
Quality standards for PsA, NICE14020000
All41562617192
  • * The numbers in parentheses indicate measures that were adopted from the Barber 2015 paper into the Barber 2016 central triage measures and therefore are counted only in the 2016 paper. AAC: Arthritis Alliance of Canada; ACR: American College of Rheumatology; AF: Arthritis Foundation; Eumusc: European musculoskeletal conditions surveillance and information network; EQM: electronic quality measures; JIA: juvenile idiopathic arthritis; KPI: key performance indicators; NCQA: (US) National Committee for Quality Assurance; NICE: (UK) National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; PCPI: physician consortium performance improvement; PsA: psoriatic arthritis; QI: quality indicator; QM: quality measure; QOF: quality and outcomes framework; RA: rheumatoid arthritis.