Resource requirements for evaluating ambulatory health care
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11022556 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark S Thompson (0000-0001-8958-0336), R Heather Palmer, Janet K Rothrock, Rose Strain, L H Brachman, Laura Brachman, ELIZABETH A WRIGHT |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 1244-1248 |
| Publication date | 1984-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.74.11.1244 |
| PMID | 6496817 |
| OpenAlex | W1971907974 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 15 |
We implemented the most frequently used form of quality assurance activity: abstracting information on the quality of patient care from medical records and communicating findings to providers in 16 ambulatory care groups. Site providers accepted the evaluation criteria, agreed that deficiencies in care were detected, and, for some medical tasks, effected improvements in care. Direct costs in 1980 dollars for the quality assurance cycle including data system development were $46 per evaluated case. Per-case costs varied considerably among tasks, decreased with larger numbers of cases and as experience grew, and were reduced through computerization. Measured costs were high due to: a demanding research design; our extended accounting of direct, indirect, and induced costs; and the substantial resource requirements of rigorously performed evaluations
Ambulatory · Ambulatory care · Business · Economics · Family medicine · Health care · Medical care · Medical emergency · Medical record · Operations management · Quality (philosophy) · Quality assurance · Resource (disambiguation) · Computer Science · Engineering · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Healthcare Policy and Management · Marketing · Medicine · Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
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Relationship of Size and Payment Mechanism to System Performance in 11 Medical Care Systems
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1985 - 1996 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |