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Titolo: |
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
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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
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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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