title: [Developmental process of DGPPN quality indicators].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Valid and feasible quality indicators can measure healthcare quality and show potential for improvement in care. The German Association for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (DGPPN) has developed trans-sectoral quality indicator sets for four mental disorders with high prevalence (alcohol dependence, dementia, depression and schizophrenia).
  
  
  METHODS
  The DGPPN followed a structured multistage process and used guideline recommendations and the results of systematic evidence searches as the basis for the development of these quality indicators. This was followed by a structured consensus process for all quality indicators.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four evidence and consensus-based, diagnosis-specific and trans-sectoral quality indicator sets have been developed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is possible to develop quality indicators on the basis of guideline recommendations. The implementation of the DGPPN quality indicators will play a crucial role in order to evaluate their utility and feasibility as quality measures for German mental healthcare.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, LVR-Klinikum Düsseldorf, Medizinische Fakultät, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Bergische Landstr. 2, 40629 Düsseldorf, Deutschland. Isabell.Grossimlinghaus@lvr.de
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Großimlinghaus
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Falkai
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gaebel
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Janssen
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Reich-Erkelenz
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wobrock
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zielasek
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D009462:Neurology / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000592:standards*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000592:standards*