Public reporting and transparency
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Author(s):
- Colmers, John M., author
- Contributor(s):
- Commonwealth Fund, issuing body. Commonwealth Fund. Commission on a High Performance Health System, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, January 2007
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Disclosure Health Care Costs Mandatory Reporting Quality of Health Care Benchmarking Data Collection Disclosure -- legislation & jurisprudence Economic Competition Federal Government History, 20th Century Mandatory Reporting -- history Private Sector Public Sector Quality Indicators, Health Care Humans United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Interest in collecting and publicly reporting information about the cost and quality of health care has been growing. Yet questions remain about the accuracy of reported price, process, and outcome information; the comparability of results across different populations; and whether and how patients and others use the information to make decisions. Advocates for public reporting argue that it will inject competition into the health system. In addition, it could help providers improve by benchmarking their performance against others, encourage private insurers and public programs to reward quality and efficiency, and help patients make informed choices. Studies of current public reporting efforts have found that public reporting can add value, but that reports must be carefully designed. Research also shows the importance of automated and unobtrusive data collection, as well as collaboration among private and public bodies, and providers and purchasers.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (vi, 16 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101309715 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101309715