Development of a novel benchmark method to identify and characterize best practices in home care across six European countries: design, baseline, and rationale of the IBenC project.

Henriëtte Geralde Van der RoestLiza van EenooLisanne I van LierGraziano OnderVjenka Garms-HomolováJohannes H SmitHarriet Finne-SoveriPálmi V JónssonStasja DraismaAnja DeclercqJudith E BosmansHein P J van Houtnull null

Published in: BMC health services research (2019)

A unique, international, comprehensive database is established, containing in-depth information on home care organizations, their clients and staff members. The variety of data enables the development of a novel cost-quality benchmark method, based on interRAI-HC data. This benchmark can be used to explore relevant links between organizational efficiency and organizational and staff characteristics.

Keyphrases

electronic health record
quality improvement
healthcare
primary care
big data
clinical trial
emergency department
long term care
hepatitis c virus
data analysis
human immunodeficiency virus
deep learning
social media