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Wright WF, Betrains A, Stelmash L, Mulders-Manders CM, Rovers CP, Vanderschueren S, Auwaerter PG. Development of a Consensus-Based List of Potential Quality Indicators for Fever and Inflammation of Unknown Origin. Open Forum Infect Dis 2024; 11:ofad671. [PMID: 38333881 PMCID: PMC10853001 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2024] Open
Abstract
With a growing emphasis on value-based reimbursement, developing quality indicators for infectious diseases has gained attention. Quality indicators for fever of unknown origin and inflammation of unknown origin are lacking. An assembled group of international experts developed 12 quality measures for these conditions, which could be validated with additional study.
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Affiliation(s)
- William F Wright
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- General Internal Medicine Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
| | - Lauren Stelmash
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
| | - Catharina M Mulders-Manders
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
| | - Chantal P Rovers
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
| | - Steven Vanderschueren
- General Internal Medicine Department, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Transplantation, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious and Inflammatory Disorders, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
| | - Paul G Auwaerter
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- The Sherrilyn and Ken Fisher Center for Environmental Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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