Unveiling the process behind quality indicator selection in Portuguese primary healthcare - a qualitative study
Our findings contribute to the understanding of quality indicator selection in primary healthcare, highlighting the need for clear stakeholder roles, greater transparency, structured consensus-building, and inclusion of patient and public perspectives. Future research should be embedded within the indicator development process to support continuous learning and improvement.
Authors
- Julian Perelman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6634-9000)
- Mário Santos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4804-1843)
- Bruno Heleno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3943-1858)
- Bianca Pires-Vieira
Institutions
- National School of Public Health (GR)
- Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (PT)
- Nova Medical (United States) (US)
- Universidade Nova de Lisboa (PT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Primary Care
- Published
- 2025-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-025-03013-7
- Primary Topic
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00