. 2022 Nov 24;22:1408. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-08804-7

Table 3.

Themes covered by the publicly reported QIs

Indicator theme	US	Canada	New Zealand	Australia	Belgium	Nether-lands	Norway	Sweden	No. of reporting countries
Functional ability
Communication			x						1
Cognitive ability			x						1
Mobility	x	x^a	x						3
Self-care	x		x						2
Clinical situations
Continence		x^a	x			x		x^e	4
Indwelling catheter	x		x						2
Urinary tract infection	x		x						2
Nosocomial infections							x	x^f	2
Weight loss	x		x	x^c	x			x^e	5
Feeding tube			x						1
Food preferences						x			1
Nutrition assessment							x		1
Oral health								x^e	1
Physical restraints	x	x^a	x	x^c	x	x			6
Fall	x	x^a	x	x^d	x			x^e	6
Pain		x^a	x						2
Pressure ulcers	x	x^a	x	x^c	x	x		x^e	7
Psychosocial aspects
Signs of depression		x^a	x						2
Behaviour change		x^a	x						2
Pharmacotherapy
Antianxiety or hypnotic medication	x								1
Antipsychotics	x	x^a						x^g	3
Antibiotics							x	x^f	2
Polypharmacy				x^d				x^g	2
Medication review						x	x		2
Inappropriate medication								x^f	1
Medication errors					x				1
Health services
Hospitalisation/emergency ward visit	x	x^b							2
Medical/dental examination, medical treatment hours							x		1
Influenza/ pneumococcal vaccination	x								1
Advance care plan					x	x			2
Death in nursing home					x				1

QI published by

^aCIHI (Canadian Institute for Health Information)

^bHealth Quality Ontario

^cAustralian Government Department of Health

^dVictoria State Government

^eSenior Alert

^fFolkhälsomyndigheten

^gKolada