NQF:  

Using NQF’s existing composite measure evaluation guidance and recent developments in composite measure development and methodology, NQF convened a technical expert panel (TEP) through an in-person meeting and several conference calls/webinars to:

• review the existing guidance for evaluating composite measures within the context of NQF’s measure evaluation criteria;
• review existing methods of creating composites and implications on reliability and validity.
• identify a set of prioritized methodological issues that can guide composite measure development and implementation; and
• provide additional recommendations for evaluating future composite measures.