Measuring medicine
Subtitle: an introduction to health status assessment and a framework for application
By: edited by Michael Huber and the Health Outcomes Institute.
Contributors: Huber, Michael, 1953-; Health Outcomes Institute.
Series: Faulkner & Gray's medical outcomes and practice guidelines library ;; v. 2
Publisher: Faulkner & Gray
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: Medical care surveys.; Medical care -- Utilization review.; Medical care -- Utilization -- Reporting.; Medical care -- Evaluation.; Patient satisfaction.; Outcome Assessment (Health Care) -- organization & administration -- essays; Outcome Assessment (Health Care) -- organization & administration -- United States -- case studies; Health Status Indicators -- essays; Outcome Assessment (Health Care) -- forms
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: The evolving medical marketplace / Michael R. Huber; value: The role of functional status measures / Michael R. Huber and David M. Radosevich; value: Outcomes research : perspective of the Prudential Insurance Company of America / Jeffrey P. Koplan, William L. Roper, Steven Udvarhelyi; value: The Health Outcomes Institute / Michael R. Huber; value: Evaluating an organization's readiness for outcomes management / Harry P. Wetzler; value: Planning for implementation / Harry P. Wetzler, David M. Radosevich, Cal Hancock; value: The implementation process : a working guide / David M. Radosevich, Carol A. McPherson, Tina L.K. Werni; value: Case A. The American Group Practice Association's Outcomes Measurement Consortium / Julie Sanderson-Austin ... [et al.]; value: Case B. Assessment of patient satisfaction : HealthSpan case study / David M. Radosevich ... [et al.]; value: Case C. Health outcomes management systems : cardiac surgery, 1990 to 1994, General Hospital Medical Center, Everett, WA / Richard C. Phillips; value: Case D. The Managed Health Care Association's outcomes management system project / Cal Hancock; value: Case E. Value management strategies (VMS) Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Missouri : an early application of outcomes assessment measures / D. Ann Saladino and Cal Hancock; value: Case F. Cost and quality management in the Henry Ford Medical Group : a case study on reasons and approaches for outcomes assessment in a multispecialty group practice / by Richard E. Ward; value: Case G. Asthma outcomes assessment at Harvard Community Health Plan / Joseph M. Healy Jr., Michael R. Huber; value: Health status questionnaire 2.0; value: Diabetes TyPE specification; value: Low back pain TyPE specification; value: Cataract TyPE specification; value: Prostatism TyPE specification.