Among 2800
found articles in the text reviewing phase, 21 articles, which had completely mentioned
relevant indicators, were studied and 48 related indicators were extracted. After two
interviews with a cardiologist and an epidemiologist, 32 items of the indicators were
omitted and replaced by 27 indicators coping with the conditions of Iranian hospitals.
Finally, 43 indicators were added into the Delphi phase and after 2 rounds of Delph