Measuring Health Care Quality : Measure Development, Endorsement, and Implementation.
Reviews health care quality activities conceptually, types of quality information that support these activities, and how quality measurement can be placed within these frameworks. Discusses definition of quality measurement and describes life cycle of quality measures, including development of quali...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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2009.
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Reviews health care quality activities conceptually, types of quality information that support these activities, and how quality measurement can be placed within these frameworks. Discusses definition of quality measurement and describes life cycle of quality measures, including development of quality measures across provider types, process of endorsement of quality measures, and the process for selecting and implementing those measures. Provides selected examples of implementation, including the physician quality reporting initiative and the reporting hospital quality data for annual payment update. Outlines key policy and technical issues in quality measurement. |
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| Item Description: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |