Quality Indicators for Ground Inter-Hospital Transport of Critically Ill Adults

22 third-level quality indicators for adult critical care transport were developed via a two-round Delphi expert consultation. The finalized system comprises 3 first-level and 10 second-level indicators, established with a high expert authority coefficient of 0.974. This dataset, authored by Qianqian Zhang and last updated in April 2026, presents the results of that study in a 43.5 KB document.

Use Cases

• Evaluating transport service quality based on the established structure-process-outcome indicator framework.
• Identifying weaknesses in inter-hospital transport practice based on the 22 specific third-level metrics.
• Benchmarking transport unit performance against the standardized, quantifiable indicators.
• Informing training protocols for emergency and critical care transport teams based on process indicators.

Strengths

• Indicator system was developed via a rigorous two-round Delphi process with 100% and 95.83% expert response rates.
• High expert authority coefficient (Cr) of 0.950 and 0.974 suggests strong consensus.
• The 22 third-level indicators provide granular, actionable metrics for quality evaluation.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 43.5 KB document; the underlying raw data or column definitions are not provided.
• Row count and tabular structure are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for direct analysis.
• Geographic and institutional scope of the expert panel is unspecified, which may affect generalizability.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Qianqian Zhang.

Collection Method

Indicators developed through literature review, semi-structured interviews, research group discussions, and two rounds of Delphi expert consultation.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-14 05:39:09

Geography

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