Table 4 Examples of structure, process and outcome explicit quality indicators
From: Quality indicators and performance measures for prison healthcare: a scoping review
Structure indicator | |
 Numerator | Number of nurses in the establishment with recognised diabetes training |
 Denominator | Total number of nurses in the reporting period |
Process indicator | |
 Numerator | Number of prisoners from the denominator who received at least one serum potassium and either a serum creatinine (Cr) or a blood urea nitrogen (BUN) therapeutic monitoring test in the measurement year |
 Denominator | Total number of prisoners who received at least a 180-day supply of ACEIs, ARBs, or diuretics during the measurement year (Teleki et al., 2011) |
Outcome indicator | |
 Numerator | Number of prisoners from the denominator having Low Density Lipoprotein < 100 on or between 60 and 365 days after discharge for an acute cardiovascular event |
 Denominator | Total number of prisoners age 18 to 75 years as of 12/31 of the reporting year who were discharged alive in the year before the reporting year for acute myocardial infarction (Teleki et al., 2011) |