Evaluation of the use of performance measures in health care /

The National Quality Forum (NQF), a private, nonprofit membership organization committed to improving health care quality performance measurement and reporting, was awarded a contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a portfolio of quality and efficiency measu...

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Main Authors:	Damberg, Cheryl L. (Author), Sorbero, Melony E. S. (Author), Lovejoy, Susan L. (Author), Lauderdale, Katharine E. (Author), Wertheimer, Samuel (Author), Smith, Amber (Author), Waxman, Daniel (Author), Schnyer, Christopher (Author)
Corporate Authors:	RAND Health, Rand Corporation, JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2011.
Subjects:	Medical care > Utilization review > United States. Delivery of Health Care. Efficiency, Organizational. Evaluation Studies as Topic. Quality of Health Care. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Decision-Making & Problem Solving. Medical care > Utilization review. United States. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Study methods
Study findings
Conclusions
Appendix A: Members of the evaluation of measure use expert advisory panel
Appendix B: List of organizations included in the document and website review
Appendix C: Breakdown of measure uses in sample of organizations undergoing document and website review
Appendix D: Additional data summary tables from document and website review and key-informant interviews.