Identifying and prioritising midwifery care process metrics and indicators: a Delphi survey and stakeholder consensus process

• Main Authors: Declan Devane (Author), Nora Barrett (Author), Anne Gallen (Author), Mary Frances O'Reilly (Author), Margaret Nadin (Author), Gillian Conway (Author), Linda Biesty (Author), Valerie Smith (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Measuring care processes is an important component of any effort to improve care quality, however knowing the appropriate metrics to measure is a challenge both in Ireland and other countries. Quality of midwifery care depends on the expert knowledge of the midwife and her/his co...