Healthcare quality measurement Volume 1 History and practice of healthcare quality measurement Sharon-Lise T. Normand, David M. Shahian

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Normand, Sharon-Lise, 1961- author.

Shahian, David M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical Audit.

Medical audit.

Medical care--Evaluation.

Medical Subjects:

Medical Audit.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

History and practice of healthcare quality measurement

Place of Publication:

Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2026

Summary:

"This comprehensive guide presents a data science approach to healthcare quality measurement and provider profiling for policymakers, regulators, hospital quality leaders, clinicians, and researchers. Two volumes encompass basic and advanced statistical techniques and diverse practical applications. Volume 1 begins with a historical review followed by core concepts including measure types and attributes (bias, validity, reliability, power, and sample size); data sources; target conditions and procedures; patient and provider observation periods; attribution level; risk modeling; social risk factors; outlier classification; data presentation; public reporting; and graphical approaches"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Conceptual models

History and evolution of healthcare performance measurement

Types of performance measures

Data sources for healthcare quality measurement

Healthcare performance measure attributes

Target conditions, patient and provider observation periods, and attribution

Risk modeling and validation

Social risk factors

Performance classification and outliers

Composite performance measures

Data presentation strategies

Public reporting : introduction, ethical considerations, and outcomes

Public reporting : consumer behavior and market impact

Unintended consequences

Web-based public reporting

Graphical approaches to performance assessments

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed August 19, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Normand, Sharon-Lise, 1961- Healthcare quality measurement

ISBN:

9780511843525

0511843526

OCLC:

1568991215

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license