The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) developed a set of categories of desirable attributes of a quality indicator. The categories include (select all that apply):
a. feasibility.
b. efficiency.
c. importance.
d. cost effectiveness.
e. scientific soundness.
A, C, E
Recently, the AHRQ developed a set of three broad categories of desirable attributes of a quality indicator: (1) importance; (2) scientific soundness, including clinical logic and measurement properties; and (3) feasibility.
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