Performance measurement for health system improvement
Subtitle: experiences, challenges and prospects
By: edited by Peter C. Smith ... [et al.].
Series: The Cambridge health economics, policy and management series; Cambridge health economics, policy and management series
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 726
ISBN-13: 9780521116763; 9780521133487
Description: P I. Principles of Performance Measurement: 1. Introduction Peter C. Smith, Elias Mossialos, Sheila Leatherman and Irene Papanicolas; P. II. Dimensions of Performance: 2. Population health Ellen Nolte, Chris Bain and Martin McKee; 3. Patient reported outcome measures and performance measurement Ray Fitzpatrick; 4. Measuring clinical quality and appropriateness Elizabeth A. McGlynn; 5. Measuring financial protection in health Adam Wagstaff; 6. Health systems responsiveness: a measure of the acceptability of health-care processes and systems from the user's perspective Nicole Valentine, Amit Prasad, Nigel Rice, Sivana Robone and Somnath Chatterji; 7. Measuring equity of access to health care Sara Allin, Cristina Hernández-Quevedo and Cristina Masseria; 8. Health system productivity and efficiency Andrew Street and Unto Häkkinen; P III. Analytical Methodology for Performance Measurement: 9. Risk adjustment for performance measurement Lisa I. Iezzoni; 10.

Clinical surveillance and patient safety Olivia Grigg and David Spiegelhalter; 11. Attribution and causality in health-care performance measurement Darcey D. Terris and David C. Aron; 12. Using composite indicators to measure performance in health care Maria Goddard and Rowena Jacobs; Part IV. Performance Management in Specific Domains: 13. Performance measurement in primary care Helen Lester and Martin Roland; 14. Chronic care Martin McKee and Ellen Nolte; 15. Performance measurement in mental health services Rowena Jacobs and David McDaid; 16. Long-term care quality monitoring using the inteRAI common clinical assessment language Vincent Mor, Harriet Finne-Soveri, John Hirdes, Ruedi Gilgen and Jean-Noel Dupasquier; Part V. Health Policy and Performance Management: 17. Targets and performance measurement Peter C. Smith and Reinhard Busse; 18. Public performance reporting on quality information Paul G. Shekelle; 19.

Developing information technology capacity for performance management Thomas D. Sequist and David W. Bates; 20. Incentives for health-care performance improvement Douglas A. Conrad; 21. Performance information and professional improvement Arnold M. Epstein; 22. International health system comparisons: from measurement challenge to management tool Jeremy Veillard, Sandra Garcia-Armesto, Sowmya Kadandale and Niek Klazinga; P. VI. Conclusions: 23. Conclusions Peter C. Smith, Elias Mossialos, Sheila Leatherman and Irene Papanicolas; Index.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Population health / Ellen Nolte, Chris Bain, Martin McKee; title: Patient-reported outcome measures and performance measurement / Ray Fitzpatrick; title: Measuring clinical quality and appropriateness / Elizabeth A. McGlynn; title: Measuring financial protection in health / Adam Wagstaff; title: Health systems of responsiveness : a measure of the acceptability of health-care processes and systems from the user's perspective / Nicole Valentine ... [et al.]; title: Measuring equity of access to health care / Sara Allin, Cristina Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina Masseria; title: Health system productivity and efficiency / Andrew Street, Unto Häkkinen; title: Risk adjustment for performance measurement / Lisa I. Iezzoni; title: Clinical surveillance and patient safety / Olivia Grigg, David Spiegelhalter; title: Attribution and causality in health-care performance measurement / Darcey D. Terris, David C. Aron; title: Using composite indicators to measure performance in health care / Maria Goddard, Rowena Jacobs; title: Performance measurement in primary care / Helen Lester, Martin Roland; title: Chronic care / Martin McKee, Ellen Nolte; title: Performance measurement in mental health services / Rowena Jacobs, David McDaid; title: Long-term care quality monitoring using the inteRAI common clinical assessment language / Vincent Mor ... [et al.]; title: Targets and performance measurement / Peter C. Smith, Reinhard Busse; title: Public performance reporting on quality information / Paul G. Shekelle; title: Developing information technology capacity for performance measurement / Thomas D. Sequist, David W. Bates; title: Incentives for health-care performance improvement / Douglas A. Conrad; title: Performance measurement and professional improvement / Arnold M. Epstein; title: International health system comparisons : from measurement challenge to management tool / Jeremy Veillard ... [et al.].