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pro vyhledávání: '"New Initiatives and Approaches in Health Care Quality"'
Autor:
Burner, Sally T., Waldo, Daniel R.
Publikováno v:
Health Care Financing Review
Using 1993 as a baseline and assuming that current laws and practices continue, the authors project U.S. health expenditures through the year 2005. Annual spending growth has declined since 1990, and, in the scenario reported here, that trend continu
Autor:
Gagel, Barbara J.
Publikováno v:
Health Care Financing Review
The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) has embarked on a new program to ensure the quality of care provided to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. The approach, entitled the Health Care Quality Improvement Program (HCQIP), focuses on improv
Autor:
Cowart, Marie E., Mitchell, Jean M.
Publikováno v:
Health Care Financing Review
Some State Medicaid agencies have implemented home and community-based waiver programs targeting acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients. Under these initiatives, State Medicaid agencies can provide home and community-based services to per
Autor:
Adler, Gerald S.
Publikováno v:
Health Care Financing Review
The Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) contains a wealth of information about the people whose care is financed by the program. This article examines their satisfaction with medical care received and explores the relationship of these attitud
Autor:
Gold, Marsha, Felt, Suzanne
Publikováno v:
Health Care Financing Review
The massive shift to managed care in many State Medicaid programs heightens the importance of identifying effective approaches to promote and oversee quality in plans serving Medicaid enrollees. This article reviews operational issues and lessons fro
Autor:
Friedman, Bernard, Wong, Herbert S.
Publikováno v:
Health Care Financing Review
During 1980-87, eight hospitals in the Rochester, New York area participated in an experimental program to limit total revenue. This article analyzes: increase of costs for Rochester hospitals; trends for inputs and compensation; and cash flow margin
Autor:
McClellan, William M., Frederick, Pamela R., Helgerson, Steven D., Hayes, Risa P., Ballard, David J., McMullan, Michael
Publikováno v:
Health Care Financing Review
Health care providers, patients, the end stage renal disease (ESRD) networks, and HCFA have developed the ESRD Health Care Quality Improvement Program (HCQIP) in an effort to assess and improve care provided to ESRD patients. Currently, the ESRD HCQI
Publikováno v:
Health Care Financing Review
This article explores policy implications and selected methodological topics relating to long-term care (LTC) quality. We first discuss the Teaching Nursing Home Program (TNHP), in which quality of care in teaching nursing homes (TNHs) was found to b
Publikováno v:
Health Care Financing Review
As the Nation's largest managed-care purchaser, the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) is working to develop a uniform data and performance-measurement system for all enrollees in managed-care plans. This effort will ultimately hold managed-
Autor:
M A, Friedman
Publikováno v:
Health Care Financing Review
This issue of the Health Care Financing Review focuses on issues and advances in measuring and improving the quality of care, particularly for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. Discussions of quality-related topics are especially timely, given the