Table 1.

Characteristics of articles on patient-centred quality indicators

Study identifier (first author)	Country	Year	Study type	Population	Patients involved	Number of indicators and ways to measure PCC
Peer-reviewed literature (n=9)
den Breejen et al 42	The Netherlands	2013	Focus groups/interviews/consensus meetings	Fertility care	Yes	34
Dreesen et al 29	Belgium	2014	Focus groups/interviews/consensus meetings	Home parenteral nutrition (HPN) patients	Yes	33
Ouwens et al 30	The Netherlands	2010	Focus groups/interviews/consensus meetings	Cancer: non–small-cell lung carcinoma	Yes	54
Sewitch et al 43	Canada	2013	Focus groups/interviews/consensus meetings; surveys	Colonoscopy patients-adult	Yes	20
Uphoff et al 31	The Netherlands	2012	Focus groups/interviews/consensus meetings	Cancer	Yes	21
Wensing et al 20	The Netherlands	1996	Focus groups/interviews/consensus meetings; surveys	Chronically ill patients (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, migraine and chronic disease of locomotor system)	Yes	41
Zimmerman et al 32	USA	2014	Focus groups/interviews/consensus meetings	Community-based, assisted living support patients	Yes	43
Cox and Gray44	UK	2014	Guest editorial	–	–	4
Carinci et al 28	UK	2015	Modified Delphi approach/consensus meeting	–	–	12
Non–peer-reviewed literature (n=8)
Lewis26	Canada	2009	Discussion paper	–	–	6
RNAO25	Canada	2002	Guidelines document/report	–	–	18
Silow-Carroll et al 45	USA	2006	Report	–	–	6
Kelley and Hurst (OECD)24	–	2006	Working papers	–	Yes	7
OECD27	–	2006	OECD website	–	Yes	8
Essence of care – patient focused benchmarks for clinical governance (NHS)22	UK	2003	Report	–	Yes	116
Davies et al 23	UK	2009	Report	–	–	10
IAPO21	–	2012	Literature review	–	–	69

IAPO, International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations; NHS, National Health Service; OECD, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development; PCC, patient-centred care; RNAO, Registered Nurses Association Ontario.