Key result
Limb salvage quality assessment faces major hurdles from absent benchmarks, process standards, and national databases.
Why the study?
The lack of well-defined cost-effectiveness benchmarks, process and structure benchmarks, and a national database limits the ability to measure outcomes and quality in limb salvage interventions.
The impetus to pursue quality in limb salvage is high in the current economic environment. This has been spurred on by the diffusion of multiple technologies, the lack of well-defined cost-effectiveness benchmarks, and the paucity of process and structure benchmarks. Furthermore, no national database exists to capture current activity and trends, and lead structure and process changes that could analyze outcomes and improve standards in peripheral interventions for limb salvage. This manuscript examines the challenges in measuring outcomes and quality in limb salvage and explores the components necessary for ensuring quality in limb salvage interventions.
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Mark G. Davies (2012) conducted a review in Critical Limb Ischemia. Measuring outcomes and quality in limb salvage interventions faces significant challenges due to the lack of cost-effectiveness benchmarks, process standards, and a national database.
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