Table 5. Indicator calculation.
| No. | Abbreviations | Indicator calculation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AH r | Calculation of this eHealth indicator is based on 3 × 7 = 21 outcome values: - Access to (1) diagnoses, (2) medication, and (3) problems - from hospitals (by (1) physicians, (2) nurses, (3) pharmacists), from (4) medical offices (by physicians), from (5) nursing homes (by nurses), from (6) outpatient nursing organizations (by nurses), and from (7) pharmacies (by pharmacists) Outcome values on access to diagnoses, medication, and problems from each health care institution by the selected health care professional were defined as follows: a. Access is ++ if all three outcome values for diagnoses, medication, and problems are ++ or if two are ++ and one is + b. Access is + if one outcome value is ++ and two are + or if all three outcome values are +; exception: for pharmacies a + was given if the outcome value for medication was + c. Access is – in all other cases Based on the then remaining 7 values, this eHealth indicator was calculated in the sequence: 1. Indicator is ++ if ≥ 4 outcome values are ++ 2. Indicator is + if ≥ 2 outcome values are ++ or ≥ 3 values are ++ or + 3. Indicator is – in all other cases |
| 2, 3 | AP r , AC r | Calculation of these eHealth indicators is based on 3 × 5 = 15 outcome values: - Access to (1) diagnoses, (2) medication, and (3) problems - from (1) hospitals, (2) medical offices, (3) nursing homes, (4) outpatient nursing organizations, and (5) pharmacies For the values of diagnoses, medication, and problems for each selected health care institution, we used the same definition of values as for indicator AH r Based on the remaining 5 values, this eHealth indicator was calculated in the sequence: 1. Indicator is ++ if ≥ 3 outcome values are ++ and ≤ 2 outcome values are – 2. Indicator is + if ≥ 2 outcome values are ++ or + 3. Indicator is – in all other cases |
| 4 | EH r | This eHealth indicator is based on 7 outcome values: adding data in hospitals (by (1) physicians, (2) nurses, (3) pharmacists), in (4) medical offices (by physicians), in (5) nursing homes (by nurses), in (6) outpatient nursing organizations (by nurses), and in (7) pharmacies (by pharmacists)). It was calculated in the sequence: 1. Indicator is ++ if ≥ 4 outcome values are ++ 2. Indicator is + if ≥ 2 outcome values are ++ or ≥ 4 outcome values are at least + 3. Indicator is – in all other cases |
| 5, 6 | EP r , EC r | The outcome value itself served as eHealth indicator. No calculation was necessary |