Health Performance Measurement in the Public Sector

Principles and Policies for Implementing an Information Network

National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Panel on Performance Measures and Data for Public Health Performance Partnership Grants (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

1999
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-06436-1 (ISBN)

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Focuses on data and information system issues at the federal, state, and local levels. This book includes recommendations that address: policy framework for selecting performance measures and using performance measurement; operational principles related to data and data systems that support performance measurement; and more.

There is growing interest in using performance measurement as a means of holding federal, state, and local health agencies accountable for their use of public funds. Health Performance Measurement in the Public Sector is the second of two books for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on using and improving performance measurement in publicly funded health programs and the implications for data needs and systems.

This book focuses on data and information system issues at the federal, state, and local levels. Recommendations address:

Policy framework for selecting performance measures and using performance measurement.
Operational principles related to data and data systems that support performance measurement.
Essential investments in data systems and in training and technical assistance.
Research needed to improve performance measures and performance measurement.

Table of Contents

Front Matter
Executive Summary
1 Introduction
2 Putting Performance Measurement in Context
3 Performance Measurement Considerations for Publicly Funded Health Programs
4 Data and Information Systems: Issues for Performance Measurement
5 Strategies for Supporting Performance Measurement Through a National Information Network
A Potential Health Outcome and Risk Status Measures
B Workshop Agenda
C Biographical Sketches

Edward B. Perrin, Jane S. Durch, and Susan M. Skillman, Editors; Panel on Performance Measures and Data for Public Health Performance Partnership Grants, National Research Council

1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 Putting Performance Measurement in Context; 5 3 Performance Measurement Considerations for Publicly Funded Health Programs; 6 4 Data and Information Systems: Issues for Performance Measurement; 7 5 Strategies for Supporting Performance Measurement Through a National Information Network; 8 A Potential Health Outcome and Risk Status Measures; 9 B Workshop Agenda; 10 C Biographical Sketches

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.5.1999
Verlagsort	Washington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
ISBN-10	0-309-06436-8 / 0309064368
ISBN-13	978-0-309-06436-1 / 9780309064361
Zustand	Neuware