Future directions for the national healthcare quality and disparities reports

"As the United States devotes extensive resources to health care, evaluating how successfully the U.S. system delivers high-quality, high-value care in an equitable manner is essential. At the request of Congress, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) annually produces the Natio...

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Corporate Authors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Future Directions for the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports (-), Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Health Care Services
Other Authors: Ulmer, Cheryl (-), Bruno, Michelle, Burke, Sheila
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : National Academies Press c2010.
Edition:1st ed
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009622257306719
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter; Reviewers; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Figures, Tables, and Boxes; Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 Re-Envisioning the NHQR and NHDR; 3 Updating the Framework for the NHQR and NHDR; 4 Adopting a More Quantitative and Transparent Measure Selection Process; 5 Enhancing Data Resources; 6 Improving Presentation of Information; 7 Implementing Recommended Changes; Acronyms; Appendix A: Previous IOM Recommendations for the National Healthcare Reports; Appendix B: Key Findings of the NHQRs and NHDRs; Appendix C: Previous Conceptual Framework
  • Appendix D: Measurement Opportunities for the Framework's Components of Quality Care Appendix E: HHS Interagency Workgroup for the NHQR and NHDR; Appendix F: The Expected Population Value of Quality Indicator Reporting (EPV-QIR): A Framework for Prioritizing Healthcare Performance Measurement; Appendix G: IOM Subcommittee on Standardized Collection of Race/Ethnicity Data for Healthcare Quality Improvement: Recommendations; Appendix H: Additional Assessments of Data Presentation in the NHQR and NHDR; Appendix I: An Illustrative Funding Example; Appendix J: Committee Member and Staff Biographies