Measures Applicable to Patients With AscitesThere were five process measures and two patient-reported outcomes that were deemed important measures of quality of ascites care (Supporting Table S2). The reach of specific measures ranged from 3 (applicable to few patients) for treatment of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis to 7 (applicable to some but not all patients) for diagnostic paracentesis in hospitalized patients. The outcome measures included patient self-report of fluid accumulation (abdominal and overall). Experts felt that there were moderate gaps in the current and ideal clinical and patientreported outcomes.