04330nam 22004693u 450 991045031590332120210106201706.00-8330-4393-5(CKB)1000000000003600(EBL)3031511(MiAaPQ)EBC3031511(EXLCZ)99100000000000360020151005d1999|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||Health Information Systems[electronic resource] Design Issues and Analytic ApplicationsSanta Monica RAND Corporation, The19991 online resource (286 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8330-2630-5 ""ABOUT THE SERIES DIRECTIONS IN HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH AND POLICY""; ""FOREWORD""; ""FIGURES""; ""TABLES""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""WHAT DO STAKEHOLDERS WANT TO KNOW?""; ""WHAT IS WRONG WITH CURRENT HEALTH SYSTEM INFORMATION?""; ""BUILDING AN INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEM""; ""DATA SOURCES FOR AN INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEM""; ""WHAT KIND OF DATA SHOULD AN INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEM INCLUDE?""; ""What Questions Do Stakeholders Want Answered?""; ""When Do Stakeholders Need Answers?""; ""What Are the Consequences of Acting on Inaccurate Information?""""WHEN IS EXPERT HELP REQUIRED?""""DATA SOURCES FOR AN INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEM""; ""ENROLLMENT DATA""; ""Uses of Enrollment Data""; ""Problems with Existing Enrollment Data""; ""ADMINISTRATIVE DATA""; ""Uses of Administrative Data""; ""Problems with Existing Administrative Data""; ""CLINICAL DATA""; ""Uses of Clinical Data""; ""Problems with Existing Clinical Data""; ""SURVEY DATA""; ""Uses of Survey Data""; ""Problems with Survey Data""; ""OTHER DATA SOURCES""; ""STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING THE UTILITY OF INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEMS""; ""FOR MORE DETAIL""""WHAT CONSUMERS OF RESEARCH NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ANALYSIS""""FORMULATING THE QUESTION""; ""DESIGNING THE STUDY""; ""IDENTIFYING THE DATA SOURCE""; ""CONSTRUCTING THE ANALYSIS FILE""; ""Restricting the File to a Subset of Individuals""; ""Selecting Variables""; ""Merging Data from Different Sources""; ""Initial Data Quality Checks""; ""SELECTING AN APPROPRIATE ANALYTIC TECHNIQUE""; ""INTERPRETING THE RESULTS""; ""FOR MORE DETAIL""; ""THINKING STRATEGICALLY ABOUT INFORMATION SYSTEMS""; ""DESCRIPTION OF DATA SOURCES AND RELATED ISSUES""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""DATA SOURCES: EXISTING SYSTEMS""""Administrative Data""""Enrollment Data""; ""Clinical Data""; ""Survey Data""; ""Other Data Sources""; ""PROBLEMS AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE THE UTILITY OF HEALTH DATA SYSTEMS""; ""Lack of Unique Identifiers for Linking Purposes""; ""Varying Levels of Data Quality""; ""Nonuniformity of Data Elements Across Different Data Systems""; ""Enhancements to the Existing Set of Data Elements""; ""GENERAL ANALYSIS ISSUES""; ""FORMULATING THE QUESTION""; ""DESIGNING THE STUDY""; ""IDENTIFYING THE DATA SOURCE""; ""CONSTRUCTING AN ANALYSIS FILE""""Restricting the File to a Subset of Individuals""""Selecting Variables""; ""Merging Data from Different Sources""; ""Initial Data Quality Checks""; ""A SAMPLER OF ANALYTIC TECHNIQUES""; ""Description""; ""Inference""; ""a,""; ""b""; ""Prediction""; ""INTERPRETING THE RESULTS""; ""DEVELOPING AND USING A CLINICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""HOW WILL A CLINICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM WORK?""; ""HOW DO CLINICAL DATA DIFFER FROM ADMINISTRATIVE DATA?""; ""WHY IS SEVERITY ADJUSTMENT IMPORTANT?""; ""WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF AN IDEAL CLINICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM?""""Diagnoses Must Be Valid""Health services administration -- Data processingInformation storage and retrieval systems -- Medical careElectronic books.Health services administration -- Data processing.Information storage and retrieval systems -- Medical care.362.1/068/4McGlynn Elizabeth A855293Brook Robert H948313Kerr Eve A903977AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910450315903321Health Information Systems2143388UNINA02627nam 22006614a 450 991045403720332120200520144314.01-282-13114-197866121311410-8157-0150-0(CKB)1000000000785826(EBL)472694(OCoLC)567901335(SSID)ssj0000234703(PQKBManifestationID)11229286(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000234703(PQKBWorkID)10236802(PQKB)10694902(MiAaPQ)EBC472694(MdBmJHUP)muse35297(Au-PeEL)EBL472694(CaPaEBR)ebr10338424(CaONFJC)MIL213114(EXLCZ)99100000000078582620080423d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrReforming Medicare[electronic resource] options, tradeoffs, and opportunities /Henry J. Aaron, Jeanne M. Lambrew ; with Patrick F. HealyWashington, D.C. Brookings Institution Pressc20081 online resource (215 p.)"A Century Foundation book."0-8157-0124-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-193) and index.Medicare reform: the stakes -- A Medicare primer -- Goals, performance, and options for Medicare -- Strengthening Medicare as a social insurance program -- Premium support -- Consumer-directed Medicare -- Assessing Medicare reform options and prospects."Identifies and analyzes the three leading approaches to Medicare reform: updated social insurance, premium support, and consumer-directed Medicare, rating each on its political viability as well as ability to promote access to health care, improve quality of care, and control costs. Describes incremental strategies that blend elements of each plan"--Provided by publisher.MedicareHealth care reformUnited StatesMedical policyUnited StatesElectronic books.Medicare.Health care reformMedical policy368.4/2600973Aaron Henry J113318Lambrew Jeanne M1026832Healy Patrick F(Patrick Ferrigan),1982-1026833Century Foundation.Brookings Institution.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454037203321Reforming Medicare2441969UNINA