Improving Quality Measurement: Design Principles for Quality Measures. Issue 2 (April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Atkinson, J. Graham
• Is Part Of: Journal of ambulatory care management. Volume 43:Issue 2(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-04
• Subjects: composite measure -- health care -- hospital -- quality measure -- regression -- risk adjustment -- statistics; Ambulatory medical care -- Administration -- Periodicals; Ambulatory medical care -- United States -- Administration -- Periodicals; Community health services -- Administration -- Periodicals; Community health services -- United States -- Administration -- Periodicals; Health planning -- Periodicals; Health planning -- United States -- Periodicals; 362.12
• DOI: 10.1097/JAC.0000000000000321
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0148-9917

Abstract

Abstract : The use of quality measures to adjust health care payments and to rank providers is growing rapidly, but there are many problems with the quality measures that are currently being used. This article discusses some of these problems and then lays out some principles and procedures that should be used in the development and combination of quality measures. Many of the problems with existing quality measures would have been avoided had these principles been applied as they were developed.