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Record Nr.

UNINA9910696419403321

Autore

Stanton Mark W

Titolo

Expanding patient-centered care to empower patients and assist providers [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Rockville, Md. : , : Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, , [2002]

Descrizione fisica

11 pages : digital, PDF file

Collana

Research in action ; ; issue #5

AHRQ pub. ; ; no. 02-0024

Soggetti

Patients - Medical care - United States

Health insurance - United States

Information Dissemination - methods

Patient Education as Topic - methods

Community Participation - methods

Government Publications as Topic

Patient-Centered Care - methods

Surveys and Questionnaires

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from PDF caption (viewed Mar. 13, 2008).

"May 2002."

Written by Mark W. Stanton.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

This report describes tools developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) that are currently available to help patients and their providers make better decisions. It suggests that a broader application of existing tools, as well as the development of similar tools for different areas of care, will improve the quality of care from the perspectives of patients, providers, and health plans. The tools described in this report include: patient questionnaires for prostate symptoms and visual function ; a consumer survey (Consumer Assessment of Health Plans, or CAHPS) ; several publications on choosing health plans, obtaining quality care, avoiding medical errors,



and getting preventive care.