Measuring the quality of health care : a statement by the National Roundtable on Health Care Quality, Division of Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine / / Molla S. Donaldson, editor

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1999
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (42 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Medical care - United States - Evaluation; Public health - United States - Evaluation
• Altri autori: DonaldsonMolla S
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Measuring the Quality of Health Care -- Copyright -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- ORGANIZATION OF THIS STATEMENT -- Contents -- Measuring the Quality of Health Care -- CAN QUALITY OF CARE BE DEFINED? -- Terms in the Definition -- What Is the Relationship Between Quality and Resource Constraints? -- WHERE DO QUALITY-OF-CARE CONCERNS LIE? -- Too Much Care: Unnecessary or Inappropriate Care -- Too Little Care: Underuse of Needed, Effective, and Appropriate Care -- Misuse: Shortcomings in Technical and Interpersonal Aspects of Care -- The Burden of Poor Quality -- WHAT ARE THE MAJOR APPROACHES TO QUALITY MEASUREMENT? -- Structural Measures of Quality -- Process Measures of Quality -- Outcomes Measurement -- The Importance of Linking Structure, Process, Outcomes, and Cost -- Measurement as a Continuous Process that Serves Multiple Purposes -- ADVANCES IN QUALITY MEASUREMENT -- Applying Research Methods to Address Real-World Quality Problems -- Combining Quality Measurement and Improvement to Reduce Adverse Drug Events -- Translating Clinical Guidelines into Useful Quality Measures -- The Development of Patient-Reported Measure of Quality -- Beginnings of Quality Measurement in Integrated Systems -- Amassing and Accessing the Burgeoning Toolkit of Quality Measures -- Infrastructure for the Development and Use of Measures -- Public-and Private-Sector Responsibilities -- Dissemination and Updating -- CHALLENGES -- Evaluating Measures -- Data Systems -- The Evidence Base of Medicine and Health Care -- Common Definitions and Measurement Methods -- Risk Adjustment -- Ensuring the Accuracy of Public Reporting -- Confidentiality -- The Cost of Quality Measurement, Improvement, and Poor Quality -- Who Is Responsible for Performance? -- CONCLUDING THOUGHTS -- References -- Committee Biographies.
• Titolo autorizzato: Measuring the quality of health care
• ISBN: 0-309-17326-4; 1-280-18609-7; 9786610186099; 0-309-57068-9; 0-585-08244-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826833003321
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