Table 6.3. Priorities That Were Identified for Development of Additional QIs
| Number (percent) of interviewees
making the recommendation |
Recommendation |
| 26 |
(48%) |
Outpatient/ambulatory (including ambulatory surgery) |
| 16 |
(30%) |
Efficiency |
| 15 |
(28%) |
Physician |
| 15 |
(28%) |
ER/ED |
| 12 |
(22%) |
Linked data sets |
| 10 |
(19%) |
Small hospital/rural |
| 6 |
(11%) |
Intensive care |
| 4 |
(7%) |
Mental health |
| 3 |
(6%) |
Readmissions |
| 3 |
(6%) |
Maternal |
| 2 |
(4%) |
Elective |
| 2 |
(4%) |
Long-term care |
| 2 |
(4%) |
Misdiagnoses, delayed diagnoses, missed diagnoses |
| 11 |
(20%) |
Others (1 mention) |
Source: RAND analysis of interview responses.
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