Rising to the challenge: results from a Scorecard on Local Health System Performance : 2012
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Author(s):
- Radley, David C., author How, Sabrina K. H., author Fryer, Ashley-Kay, author McCarthy, Douglas, author Schoen, Cathy, author
- Contributor(s):
- Commonwealth Fund. Commission on a High Performance Health System, issuing body. Commonwealth Fund, issuing body.
- Publication:
- New York, NY : Commonwealth Fund, March 2012
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Benchmarking -- methods Catchment Area, Health Community Health Planning -- methods Local Government Data Collection Dental Care -- statistics & numerical data Health Expenditures -- statistics & numerical data Health Services Accessibility -- statistics & numerical data Health Services for the Aged -- statistics & numerical data Hospice Care -- statistics & numerical data Hospitalization -- statistics & numerical data Infant, Low Birth Weight Insurance Coverage -- statistics & numerical data Insurance, Health -- statistics & numerical data Medically Uninsured Medicare Mortality Obesity Oral Health Preventive Health Services -- statistics & numerical data Quality Indicators, Health Care -- economics Quality of Health Care -- organization & administration Quality of Life Smoking Socioeconomic Factors Suicide Uncompensated Care -- statistics & numerical data Urban Health -- statistics & numerical data Humans United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- The first-ever Scorecard on Local Health System Performance provides U.S. communities with comparative data to assess the performance of their health care systems, establish priorities for improvement, and set achievement targets. It tracks 43 indicators spanning four dimensions of health system performance: access, prevention and treatment, costs and potentially avoidable hospital use, and health outcomes. The findings show clearly that where you live matters for health care access and care experiences. Comparing all 306 local health care areas, known as hospital referral regions, in the United States, the report finds that access, quality, costs, and health outcomes all vary significantly from one local community to another, often with a two- to threefold variation in key indicators between leading and lagging communities. The top-performing areas are concentrated in the Upper Midwest and Northeast. Yet, ample opportunities exist for health system improvement in all communities.
- 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 (98 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101581700 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101581700