An expert panel validated 14 quality indicators for the care of hypertension in vulnerable elders.
Supports implementation of validated quality indicators for hypertension care in vulnerable elders; extends geriatric quality-measurement frameworks.
Of the 22 potential quality indicators, 14 were judged valid by the expert panel process (see the quality indicators on pages XXX-XXY of this supplement).Eight indicators were rejected (www.mywebsiteforthis.org).We describe the literature summaries that support each of the indicators judged to be valid in the expert panel process.
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Min et al. (2007) studied this question. Fourteen of 22 potential quality indicators for the care of hypertension in vulnerable elders were judged valid by an expert panel, with the remaining eight rejected.
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