Identifying primary care quality indicators for people with serious mental illness: a systematic review.

Abstract in brief

• This study aimed to identify quality indicators for primary care that are relevant to people with serious mental illness (SMI), such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, to improve their physical and mental health.
• The researchers reviewed 1847 sources and selected 27 that provided 59 potential indicators, most of which could be measured using routine healthcare data, although the evidence supporting these indicators was generally weak.
• While these indicators have the potential to enhance care for people with SMI, stronger evidence linking them to better patient outcomes is needed before they can be reliably used to monitor or incentivize quality in primary care.]