Quality of Health Care - Economics
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

[Problems and problem solving in family medicine]

21 Aug 2009 The progression from panel doctor's system towards family medicine in Hungary is reviewed, including professional, educational, financial and legal background. The main barriers for further development are insufficient human resources, inadequate ... Read more...

How health policy influences quality of care in pediatrics.

30 Jul 2009 The primary focus of child health policy for the last twenty years has been on improving health care coverage and access. More recently, the focus has shifted to include not only coverage, but also the quality of the care received. This article ... Read more...

Pay for performance: quality- and value-based reimbursement.

30 Jul 2009 There is urgent need to reform health care reimbursement models, including physician compensation, to address high health care costs, despite numerous quality initiatives. Pay for performance (P4P) is a model that attempts to align financial ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Quality of Health Care - Economics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Pay for performance and quality of care in England. 20 Oct 2009
• Congratulations to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons for standing on principle. 29 Sep 2009
• Does improving quality of care save money? 9 Sep 2009
• [Problems and problem solving in family medicine] 21 Aug 2009
• The shifting mission of health care delivery organizations. 4 Aug 2009
• Guidelines, research and improved neurological quality. 30 Jul 2009
• Spend a little more on selected patients for payoff down the line. 30 Jul 2009
• The role of health information technology in improving quality and safety in RI: can new money solve old problems? 30 Jul 2009
• How health policy influences quality of care in pediatrics. 30 Jul 2009
• Pay for performance: quality- and value-based reimbursement. 30 Jul 2009
• Pediatric quality. Preface. 30 Jul 2009
• Financial impact of reducing door-to-balloon time in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a single hospital experience. 24 Jul 2009
• Effects of pay for performance on the quality of primary care in England. 21 Jul 2009
• Safeguarding quality: building the business case to prevent nursing-sensitive hospital-acquired conditions. 29 Jun 2009
• Independent sector treatment centres: the first independent evaluation, a Scottish case study. 29 Jun 2009
• The trainer, the trainee and the surgeons' assistant: clinical outcomes following total hip replacement. 29 Jun 2009
• Evaluating care coordination among Medicare beneficiaries. 22 Jun 2009
• Prometheus payment model: application to hip and knee replacement surgery. 21 Jun 2009
• Economic incentives to promote innovation in healthcare delivery. 17 Jun 2009
• Defining the length of stay following percutaneous coronary intervention: an expert consensus document from the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. Endorsed by the American College of Cardiology Foundation. 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Quality of Health Care'

Definition: The levels of excellence which characterize the health service or health care provided based on accepted standards of quality.

Descriptor UI: D011787

Alternative terms: Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality; Quality of Healthcare; Healthcare Quality;

Related Mesh Headings: Professional Staff Committees; National Practitioner Data Bank;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N04.761; N05.715;

Online Note: pre-explosion = QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE (PX)

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: IM