An Evaluation of the Use of Performance Measures in Health Care

• Main Author: Damberg, Cheryl L. (auth)
• Other Authors: Sorbero, Melony E. (auth), Lovejoy, Susan L. (auth), Lauderdale, Katharine (auth), Wertheimer, Samuel (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2011
• Subjects: Management decision making; Clinical & internal medicine; Health Sciences; Business
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This report presents the results of an evaluation of health care performance measures, describes how performance measures are being used by a wide array of organizations and the types of measures being used for different purposes, summarizes key barriers and facilitators to the use of measures, and...