Core Measurement Needs for Better Care, Better Health, and Lower Costs: Counting What Counts: Workshop Summary

by Institute of Medicine, Roundtable on Value & Science-Driven Health Care, Roundtable on Value and Science-Driven Health Care

Health care quality and its affordability have become very pressing issues in the United States. All sectors of the country are attempting to push forward initiatives that will improve the health care system as well as the health of the American population in general. Despite the economical dedication to health care, about 1/5, the system remains uneven and fragmented, patient harm is quite common, care is often uncoordinated, and many more mishaps...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309285224
• ISBN13: 9780309285223
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"