title: Quality indicators for hip fracture patients: a scoping review protocol.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Hip fractures are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality and care of hip fracture patients places a heavy burden on healthcare systems due to prolonged recovery time. Measuring quality of care delivered to hip fracture patients is important to help target efforts to improve care for patients and efficiency of the health system. The purpose of this study is to synthesise the evidence surrounding quality of care indicators for patients who have sustained a hip fracture. Using a scoping review methodology, the research question that will be addressed is: "What patient, institutional, and system-level indicators are currently in use or proposed for measuring quality of care across the continuum for individuals following a hip fracture?".
  
  
  METHODS
  We will employ the methodological frameworks used by Arksey and O'Malley and Levac et al. The synthesis will be limited to quality of care indicators for individuals who suffered low trauma hip fracture. All English peer-reviewed studies published from the year 2000-most recent will be included. Literature search strategies will be developed using medical subject headings and text words related to hip fracture quality indicators and the search will be peer-reviewed. Numerous electronic databases will be searched. Two reviewers will independently screen titles and abstracts for inclusion, followed by screening of the full text of potentially relevant articles to determine final inclusion. Abstracted data will include study characteristics and indicator definitions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  To improve quality of care for patients and create a more efficient healthcare system, mechanisms for the measurement of quality of care are required. The implementation of quality of care indicators enables stakeholders to target areas for improvement in service delivery. Knowledge translation activities will occur throughout the review with dissemination of the project goals and findings to local, national, and international stakeholders.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Kristen B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Pitzul
authors.affiliation: Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Sarah E P
authors.initials: SEP
authors.lastname: Munce
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Laure
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Perrier
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.|Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: Lauren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Beaupre
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
authors.forename: Suzanne N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Morin
authors.affiliation: Bone and Joint Canada, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Rhona
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McGlasson
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.|Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.|Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Susan B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Jaglal
mesh_terms: D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D000098584:Scoping Reviews as Topic
keywords: Hip Fractures; Outcomes Assessment; Quality Indicators; Quality of Healthcare