Improving Health: The Reason Performance Measurement Matters

Health Affairs

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 26-28

  Thier, Samuel O ^a   Gelijns, Annetine C ^b  

^a PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032110572     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.17.4.26     Document Type: Review

References (5)

1. J.A. Sollano et al., "Volume-Outcome Relationships in Cardiovascular Surgery: New York State, 1990-1995," Annals of Thoracic Surgery (forthcoming).
2. Ibid.
3. Thomas H. Lee, chief medical officer, Partners Community HealthCare, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, personal communication, March 1998.
4. M.J. Barry et al., "Watchful Waiting vs. Immediate Transurethral Resection for Symptomatic Prostatism: The Importance of Patients' Preferences," Journal of the American Medical Association (27 May 1988): 3010-3017.
5. A.C. Gelijns and N. Rosenberg, "From the Scalpel to the Scope: Endoscopic Innovations in Gastroenterology, Gynecology, and Surgery," Sources of Medical Technology: Universities and Industry (Washington: National Academy Press, 1995).