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Making disaster care count: consensus formulation of measures of effectiveness for natural disaster acute phase medical response.

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INTRODUCTION:No standard exists for provision of care following catastrophic natural disasters. Host nations, funders, and overseeing agencies need a method to identify the most effective interventions when allocating finite resources. Measures of effectiveness are real-time indicators that can be used to link early action with downstream impact. HYPOTHESIS:Group consensus methods can be used to develop measures of effectiveness detailing the major functions of post natural disaster acute phase medical response. METHODS:A review of peer-reviewed disaster response publications (2001-2011) identified potential measures describing domestic and international medical response. A steering committee comprised of six persons with publications pertaining to disaster response, and those serving in leadership capacity for a disaster response organization, was assembled. The committee determined which measures identified in the literature review had the best potential to gauge effectiveness during post-disaster acute-phase medical response. Using a modified Delphi technique, a second, larger group (Expert Panel) evaluated these measures and novel measures suggested (or "free-texted") by participants for importance, validity, usability, and feasibility. After three iterations, the highest rated measures were selected. RESULTS:The literature review identified 397 measures. The steering committee approved 116 (29.2%) of these measures for advancement to the Delphi process. In Round 1, 25 (22%) measures attained >75% approval and, accompanied by 77 free-text measures, graduated to Round 2. There, 56 (50%) measures achieved >75% approval. In Round 3, 37 (66%) measures achieved median scores of 4 or higher (on a 5-point ordinal scale). These selected measures describe major aspects of disaster response, including: Evaluation, Treatment, Disposition, Public Health, and Team Logistics. Of participants from the Expert Panel, 24/39 (63%) completed all rounds. Thirty-three percent of these experts represented international agencies; 42% represented US government agencies. CONCLUSION:Experts identified response measures that reflect major functions of an acute medical response. Measures of effectiveness facilitate real-time assessment of performance and can signal where practices should be improved to better aid community preparedness and response. These measures can promote unification of medical assistance, allow for comparison of responses, and bring accountability to post-disaster acute-phase medical care. This is the first consensus-developed reporting tool constructed using objective measures to describe the functions of acute phase disaster medical response. It should be evaluated by agencies providing medical response during the next major natural disaster.

journal_name

Prehosp Disaster Med

journal_title

Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors

Daftary RK,Cruz AT,Reaves EJ,Burkle FM,Christian MD,Fagbuyi DB,Garrett AL,Kapur GB,Sirbaugh PE

doi

10.1017/S1049023X14000922

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-10-01 00:00:00

pages

461-7

issue

eissn

1049-023X

issn

1945-1938

pii

S1049023X14000922

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Making disaster care count: consensus formulation of measures of effectiveness for natural disaster acute phase medical response.