TY - JOUR
T1 - The population value of quality indicator reporting
T2 - A framework for prioritizing health care performance measures
AU - Meltzer, David O.
AU - Chung, Jeanette W.
PY - 2014/1
Y1 - 2014/1
N2 - The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports contain more than 250 quality indicators, such as whether a patient with a suspected heart attack received an aspirin. The Department of Health and Human Services National Quality Measures Clearinghouse identifies more than 2,100 such indicators. Because resources for making quality improvements are limited, there is a need to prioritize among these indicators. We propose an approach to assess how reporting specific quality indicators would change care to improve the length and quality of life of the US population. Using thirteen AHRQ quality indicators with readily available data on the benefits of indicator reporting, we found that seven of them account for 93 percent of total benefits, while the remaining six account for only 7 percent of total benefits. Use of a framework such as this could focus resources on indicators having the greatest expected impact on population health
AB - The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports contain more than 250 quality indicators, such as whether a patient with a suspected heart attack received an aspirin. The Department of Health and Human Services National Quality Measures Clearinghouse identifies more than 2,100 such indicators. Because resources for making quality improvements are limited, there is a need to prioritize among these indicators. We propose an approach to assess how reporting specific quality indicators would change care to improve the length and quality of life of the US population. Using thirteen AHRQ quality indicators with readily available data on the benefits of indicator reporting, we found that seven of them account for 93 percent of total benefits, while the remaining six account for only 7 percent of total benefits. Use of a framework such as this could focus resources on indicators having the greatest expected impact on population health
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U2 - 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.1283
DO - 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.1283
M3 - Article
C2 - 24395945
AN - SCOPUS:84891782347
VL - 33
SP - 132
EP - 139
JO - Health affairs (Project Hope)
JF - Health affairs (Project Hope)
SN - 0278-2715
IS - 1
ER -
