Measuring Performance For Treating Heart Attacks And Heart Failure: The Case For Outcomes Measurement

作者: Harlan M. Krumholz , Sharon-Lise T. Normand , John A. Spertus , David M. Shahian , Elizabeth H. Bradley

DOI: 10.1377/HLTHAFF.26.1.75

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摘要: To complement the current process measures for treating patients with heart attacks and failure, which target gaps in quality but do not capture patient outcomes, Centers Medicare Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed public reporting of hospital-level thirty-day mortality these conditions 2007. We present case including measurements outcomes assessment hospital performance, focusing on care failure. Recent developments methodology standards measurement have laid groundwork incorporating into performance monitoring efforts conditions.

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