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Record Nr.

UNINA9910220114903321

Autore

Hepner Kimberly A.

Titolo

Measuring the quality of care for psychological health conditions in the military health system : candidate quality measures for posttraumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder / / Kimberly A. Hepner [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, Ca : , : RAND Corporation, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8330-8659-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Disciplina

616.85/2106

Soggetti

Soldiers - Mental health services - United States - Evaluation

Post-traumatic stress disorder - United States

Post-traumatic stress disorder - Treatment - Evaluation

Depression, Mental - United States

Depression, Mental - Treatment - Evaluation

United States Armed Forces Medical care Evaluation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures and Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One: Introduction; Defining and Measuring Quality of Care; How Quality Measures Are Used; Quality Improvement; Accountability; Research; Examples of Improved Performance over Time; Overview of Our Process for Quality Measure Development; Organization of the Report; Chapter Two: Framework for Classifying Measures of Psychological Health Conditions; Dimensions for the Framework; Care Continuum; Measure Type; Matrix Framework for Classifying Psychological Health Measures

Chapter Three: Identification of Measures of Quality of Care for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Major Depressive DisorderMeasure Selection by Expert Consensus; Chapter Four: Overview of Candidate Sets of Measures of Care Quality for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder; Description of Candidate Measures, by Care Continuum Phase; Description of Candidate Measures, by Measure



Type; Description of Candidate Measures Using the Matrix Framework; Examination of Need for New Measures; Prevention; Reintegration; Structure Measures; Chapter Five: Summary and Recommendations

Study LimitationsRecommendations; Appendixes; A. Definitions of Terms Used to Describe Quality Measures; B. Descriptions of Measures of Quality of Care for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; C. Descriptions of Measures of Quality of Care for Major Depressive Disorder; D. Additional Rationale for Cost Measure; E. Candidate Set of Measures of Quality of Care for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; F. Candidate Set of Measures of Quality of Care for Major Depressive Disorder; G. Sources of Measures; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

To inform improvements to the quality of care delivered by the military health system for posttraumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder, researchers developed a framework and identified, developed, and described a candidate set of measures for monitoring, assessing, and improving the quality of care. This document describes their research approach and the measure sets that they identified.