Health Performance Measurement in the Public Sector : Principles and Policies for Implementing an Information Network.

Health Performance Measurement in the Public Sector : Principles and Policies for Implementing an Information Network.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Staff, National Research Council
Other Authors: Perrin, Edward B., Durch, Jane S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : National Academies Press, 1999.
Series:Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press.
Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
Subjects:
Public health > United States > Evaluation > Data processing.
Public health > United States > Information services.
Management information systems.
Public health administration.
Social sciences.
Property.
Information storage and retrieval systems.
Organization.
Health services administration.
Medicine > Data processing.
Medical informatics.
Medical care.
social sciences.
ownership.
information retrieval services.
information storage.
Social sciences
Public health administration
Property
Organization
Medicine > Data processing
Medical informatics
Medical care
Management information systems
Information storage and retrieval systems
Health services administration
Public health > Evaluation > Data processing
Public health > Information services
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 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 Health Information Network
  • APPENDIX A Potential Health Outcome and Risk Status Measures
  • APPENDIX B Workshop Agenda
  • APPENDIX C Biographical Sketches

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