TABLE 1.

Summary of included home care QI sets

1st author, Year of publication	Country	Sample size	Name of QI set	Number of indicators	Development and validation process of the QI sets
Hirdes et al. (2004) [26]	Canada, United States	14, 293	interRAI’s first generation QI set	Total: 22 Structure: 0 Process: 3 Outcome: 19	Development of HC‐Qis (as a three‐nation effort) via extensive literature reviews, focus groups, and expert reviews Selection and review of HC‐QIs Empirical testing of approved HC‐QIs and development of risk adjustment based on cross‐national data
Morris et al. (2013) [20]	Canada, United States, Europe	335, 544	interRAI's second generation QI set	Total: 23 Structure: 0 Process: 1 Outcome: 22	Identification of candidate HC‐QIs, from interRAI's first‐generation QI set and additional sources Evaluation of candidate HC‐QIs in focus groups and one‐on‐one discussions by home care providers. HC‐QIs were then reviewed by interRAI's cross‐national program development committee Empirical testing of approved HC‐QIs and development of risk adjustment based on cross‐national data
Netten et al. (2012) [27]	England	1364	ASCOT (Adult Social Care Outcome Toolkit)	Total: 8 Structure: 0 Process: 0 Outcome: 8	Development of HC‐QIs based on previous work done on outcome measurement in social care via extensive literature review and consultation from service users Validity of questions tested via cognitive interviewing of service users, and validity testing of HC‐QIs Development and validity testing of utility weights

Abbreviations: HC, home care; QIs, quality indicators.