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. 2022 Mar 7;10:13. doi: 10.1186/s40352-022-00175-9

Table 4.

Examples of structure, process and outcome explicit quality indicators

Structure indicator
Numerator Number of nurses in the establishment with recognised diabetes training
Denominator Total number of nurses in the reporting period
Process indicator
Numerator Number of prisoners from the denominator who received at least one serum potassium and either a serum creatinine (Cr) or a blood urea nitrogen (BUN) therapeutic monitoring test in the measurement year
Denominator Total number of prisoners who received at least a 180-day supply of ACEIs, ARBs, or diuretics during the measurement year (Teleki et al., 2011)
Outcome indicator
Numerator Number of prisoners from the denominator having Low Density Lipoprotein < 100 on or between 60 and 365 days after discharge for an acute cardiovascular event
Denominator Total number of prisoners age 18 to 75 years as of 12/31 of the reporting year who were discharged alive in the year before the reporting year for acute myocardial infarction (Teleki et al., 2011)