Health care quality : select research and analyses / / Miranda Dean, editor

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Nova Publishers, , [2013]; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (166 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 362.1
• Soggetto topico: Medical care - United States - Quality control
• Soggetto geografico: United States
• Persona (resp. second.): DeanMiranda
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Quality gaps in the care delivered by the U.S. health care system result in preventable mortality and morbidity and contribute costs to the system, with multiple indicators showing that quality of care could be improved. Although no single definition of high-quality health care has been agreed upon, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) provided a framework for considering the quality of care, based on six domains: (1) effective, (2) efficient, (3) equitable, (4) patient-centred, (5) safe, and (6) timely. Ongoing congressional interest in enhancing the quality of health care is likely given the federal role in the delivery and financing of health care through, for example, the Medicare and Medicaid programs. This book begins with a discussion of the role of quality measurement in policies to enhance provider accountability and presents selected policies addressing quality measurement in this context. It then provides an overview of payment incentives and public reporting of performance data to improve quality, along with selected policy examples for each approach.--
• Titolo autorizzato: Health care quality
• ISBN: 1-62417-386-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910150310603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Health care issues, costs, and access.