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May 8, 2013 | Feature
Newly released federal data shows pricing for common inpatient procedures varies greatly, and allows consumers to see how hospital charges in their area compare nationally and regionally for the same procedure.
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Population health rankings can be used by various actors for different purposes. This article examines those potential uses and concludes that the chief promise of population health rankings lies in two areas.
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article summarizes accountability, performance metrics, and reward systems in education for possible use in health care.
July 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A system that rewards population health must be able to measure and track health inequalities.
June 1, 2003 | Issue Brief
Montraditional activities and processes that enabled the coalitions to engage their publics and to change policy and culture in their communities and states.
July 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
The authors of this brief conclude that until consumers realize the tremendous variations in the quality of hospitals and physicians, quality reporting will largely serve as a way to motivate providers to improve their performance.
July 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
This brief highlights two report card initiatives for hospitals and primary care physicians that can be considered success stories.
December 1, 2008 | Issue Brief
Among the 17 million adults who found a new primary care physician in the past year, half relied on recommendations from friends and relatives, and more than one in four used such recommendations as their only information source.
July 23, 2012 | Journal Article
A finely tuned analysis of state and local health spending indicates that the structure of state public health departments has minimal impact on spending patterns. Estimates of public health spending often “double-count” money spent by state and loc ...
December 19, 2012 | Report
This report provides a snapshot of our nation’s public health emergency preparedness. Its indicators are developed in consultation with leading public health experts based on data from publicly available sources, or information provided by public officials.
November 22, 2010 | Program Result Report
Mounting health care costs and misaligned reimbursement systems have prompted employers, health care purchasers and health policymakers to call for the creation of performance measures and transparency in reporting provider performance.