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KCE Reports 118 <strong>Pay</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Quality</strong> 121<br />

Table 18: Hospital benchmarking<br />

XII. HOSPITAL BENCHMARKING<br />

Initiated by Federal government (PATH project, supported by WHO,<br />

multidimensional 360° feedback project, patient safety<br />

indicators project), Hospital networks (e.g. Vlaams<br />

Ziekenhuisnetwerk), Center <strong>for</strong> Health Services and Nursing<br />

Research-KULeuven + UCL (Navigator, Delta), Institute <strong>for</strong><br />

Public Health (IQED), sickness funds<br />

Overall objective To benchmark quality per<strong>for</strong>mance between participants, to<br />

analyze trends and identify room <strong>for</strong> improvement<br />

Date of implementation in Belgium Most projects started during the late nineties/ beginning of<br />

this century. The 360° feedback project and the patient<br />

safety indicators project started respectively in 2006 and<br />

2008. The latter includes a retrospective analysis of the<br />

period 1999-2004.<br />

Target audience Most projects focus on general hospitals. However,<br />

Navigator and Delta also serve nursing homes and<br />

psychiatric hospitals as separate target groups.<br />

Results from the 360° and the patient safety indicator<br />

projects are fed back to all Belgian general hospitals.<br />

In 2007 eleven Belgian hospitals participated in PATH. The<br />

Initiative <strong>for</strong> <strong>Quality</strong> Promotion and Epidemiology in<br />

Diabetes Care (IQED) focuses on care provided in all<br />

Belgian diabetes convention centres. Eighty three<br />

institutions participate in Navigator in 2009, and 37 in Delta.<br />

The Vlaams Ziekenhuisnetwerk consists of 18 general<br />

hospitals. Data of the sickness funds has the advantage to<br />

enable both a primary care and hospital care focus, linked on<br />

the individual patient level.<br />

Content Iterative cycles of indicator development, application in<br />

benchmarking and revision. Benchmark results are used to<br />

develop target specific quality improvement strategies as a<br />

part of hospital policy, moving from in<strong>for</strong>mation towards<br />

actions. The PATH project includes 7 clinical effectiveness<br />

and safety core indicators and 7 tailored indicators on both a<br />

national and international level. The 360° feedback project<br />

includes 7 clinical per<strong>for</strong>mance indicators, 10 economical<br />

per<strong>for</strong>mance indicators, 4 patient centeredness indicators<br />

and 12 capacity, staffing and innovation indicators. The<br />

patient safety indicator project includes 20 targets. IQED<br />

makes use of a broad diabetes care indicator set. Navigator<br />

includes 454 general hospital indicators, 357 psychiatric<br />

hospital indicators and 123 nursing home indicators. Most<br />

projects also include technical support, educational support,<br />

Primary focus (structure, process<br />

outcome)<br />

etc.<br />

PATH, 360°, IQED, Navigator and Vlaams<br />

Ziekenhuisnetwerk include process and outcome measures.<br />

The patient safety indicator project is mainly outcome<br />

driven. Delta targets the measurement of the patient<br />

experience of the clinical structures, processes and<br />

outcomes.<br />

Type of indicators used (if any) Caesarean section rate, mortality rate, readmission rate,<br />

prophylactic antibiotic use, day surgery rate, etc. Some are<br />

hospital generic, others are medical condition specific. The<br />

development and validation process of these indicators<br />

varies between initiatives.<br />

Purpose of indicators used To benchmark through time and in comparison with peer<br />

hospitals with a similar case mix.<br />

Type of incentives There are no financial incentives provided. In most projects

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