Models for measuring quality in managed care
Subtitle: analysis and impact
By: edited by Jonathan Seltzer and David B. Nash.
Contributors: Seltzer, Jonathan.; Nash, David B.; Faulkner & Gray's Healthcare Information Center.
Series: Medical outcomes & practice guidelines library. II ;; v. 1; Faulkner & Gray's medical outcomes and practice guidelines library.; v. 1.
Publisher: Faulkner & Gray's Healthcare Information Center
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
Subjects: Managed care plans (Medical care) -- Quality control.; Managed care plans (Medical care) -- Management.; Outcome assessment (Medical care); Medical care -- United States -- Evaluation.; Medical care -- Quality control.; Health services administration.; Medical care surveys.; Quality assurance.; Managed Care Programs -- organization & administration -- United States.; Quality Assurance, Health Care -- United States.; Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Sect.1. Formal models for measuring the quality of managed care. Establishing accountability in managed health care / C. Sennett; title: Framework for accountability / C. Bethell and D. Lansky; title: Performance measurement and accreditation / J.M. Loeb and D.M. Nadzam; title: Advancing the science and practice of health outcomes measurement / L. Paget and A. Tarlov; title: In search of a few good performance measures / A. G. Lawthers and H. Palmer; title: Models for assessing physician and health plan performance / G.H. Thomason and W.F. Jessee; title: Sect.2. Analysis and response. The physicians' approach to quality in managed care / S. Black and D. Massanari; title: Managed care quality assessment for organized labor / P. Connerton; title: Employer purchasers push for the ideal organized health care delivery system / R.F. Cole; title: A consumer agenda / A. Webber; title: Sect.3. Impact of quality measurement. Measuring and improving organizational performance / B. Bushick; title: Patient-centered models for providing quality / C.C. Diamond and N.A. Hanchak; title: Demonstrating and communicating quality / F.W. Spong; title: Transforming quality measures into value / D. Plocher and L. Davis; title: Public release of quality data / E.J. Sessa; title: Communicating managed care quality / G. Anders.