Is held accountable for its observed behavior. Has a reasonable degree of control over the aspect of care being evaluated. Performance measurement is a type of evaluation that is used in many industries. A common way of evaluating car performance is to calculate miles per gallon, a performance measure. This is a simple ratio of the number of miles driven divided by the number of gallons of gas consumed.
Performance measurement is now increasingly common in health care as well.
The percentage of children age 2 who receive the appropriate immunizations. Be based on scientific evidence. Not affect or distort results. In health care performance measurement today, expert consensus is often used to reach agreement on precise definitions and measurement specifications. Use of the tool results in the same reading regardless of who does the measuring or when and where the measurement is taken.