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1. A few states fell short in timely investigation of the most serious nursing home complaints: 2011-2015

Publication:
[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, September 2017
Subject(s):
Nursing Homes
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Aged
Elder Abuse
State Government
Time Factors
Humans
United States
United States. Department of Health and Human Services.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.)

3. The role of ombudsmen in assuring quality for residents of long-term care facilities: straining to make ends meet

Publication:
Washington, D.C. : George Washington University, [2009]
Subject(s):
Long-Term Care
Patient Advocacy
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Residential Facilities
Assisted Living Facilities
Consumer Advocacy
Nursing Homes
Patient Rights
Personnel Staffing and Scheduling
Volunteers
Humans
United States
United States.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.)

5. Financing Medi-Cal's future: the growing role of health care-related provider fees and taxes

Publication:
Oakland, Calif. : California HealthCare Foundation, [2009]
Subject(s):
Financing, Government -- economics
Medicaid -- economics
Taxes
Economics, Hospital
Federal Government
Financing, Government -- trends
Forecasting
Managed Care Programs -- economics
Nursing Homes -- economics
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Humans
California
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.)

6. Geography is destiny: differences in health care among Medicare beneficiaries in the United States and California

Publication:
Oakland, Calif. : California HealthCare Foundation, c2008
Subject(s):
Delivery of Health Care
Medicare
Primary Health Care -- statistics & numerical data
African Continental Ancestry Group
Ambulatory Care -- statistics & numerical data
Amputation
Atlases as Topic
Breast Neoplasms -- diagnosis
Diabetes Mellitus -- diagnosis
European Continental Ancestry Group
Glycated Hemoglobin A -- analysis
Leg -- surgery
Mammography -- statistics & numerical data
Mammography -- utilization
Middle Aged
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Female
Humans
Male
California
United States

7. "Consumer-directed" health plans: implications for health care quality and cost

Publication:
Oakland, Calif. : California HealthCare Foundation, c2005
Subject(s):
Community Participation
Consumer Behavior -- economics
Cost Sharing
Health Benefit Plans, Employee -- economics
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Decision Making
Deductibles and Coinsurance
Employer Health Costs
Health Benefit Plans, Employee -- trends
Medical Savings Accounts -- economics
Medical Savings Accounts -- trends
Humans
United States

8. Evaluation of the Medi-Cal Plan/Practice Improvement Project: executive summary

Publication:
Oakland, Calif. : California HealthCare Foundation, c2008
Subject(s):
Health Plan Implementation
Managed Care Programs -- organization & administration
Organizational Innovation
Program Evaluation
State Health Plans -- organization & administration
Chronic Disease
Disease Management
Models, Theoretical
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Humans
California
United States
United States. Food and Drug Administration.

9. Expanding access to dental care through California's community health centers

Publication:
Oakland, Calif. : California HealthCare Foundation, [2008]
Subject(s):
Community Health Services -- economics
Dental Health Services -- economics
Health Services Accessibility -- organization & administration
Dental Assistants
Leadership
Personnel Staffing and Scheduling
Poverty
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Uncompensated Care
Humans
California

11. Directory assistance: maintaining reliable provider directories for health plan shoppers

Author(s):
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. Manatt Health Solutions, author.
Publication:
[Oakland, Calif.] : California HealthCare Foundation, September 2015
Subject(s):
Data Collection -- standards
Directories as Topic
Health Insurance Exchanges -- legislation & jurisprudence
Health Insurance Exchanges -- standards
Health Manpower -- legislation & jurisprudence
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Contract Services
Decision Making
Insurance Coverage -- legislation & jurisprudence
Medicaid
Medicare
State Government
Humans
United States
United States.

12. Is there a doctor in the house?: physician liability fears and quality of care in nursing homes

Author(s):
Kapp, Marshall B.
Publication:
Oakland, Calif. : California HealthCare Foundation, [2008]
Subject(s):
Attitude of Health Personnel
Defensive Medicine
Fear
Liability, Legal
Nursing Homes
Physicians -- psychology
Health Services Needs and Demand
Insurance, Liability
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Humans
California
United States

13. Improving end-of-life care in California's nursing homes

Publication:
Oakland, Calif. : California HealthCare Foundation, [2008]
Subject(s):
Nursing Homes -- organization & administration
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Terminal Care -- organization & administration
Advance Care Planning -- trends
Attitude of Health Personnel
Education, Continuing
Fear
Health Facility Administrators -- psychology
Hospices
Liability, Legal
Needs Assessment
Nursing Homes -- manpower
Patient Satisfaction
Patient Transfer
Physicians -- psychology
Terminal Care -- economics
Terminal Care -- legislation & jurisprudence
Terminal Care -- psychology
Humans
California

15. Patient flow in the ED: phase II--diagnostic evaluation through disposition decision

Author(s):
Magee, Mary C., author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, March 2015
Subject(s):
Diagnosis
Emergency Medical Services -- statistics & numerical data
Emergency Service, Hospital -- statistics & numerical data
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Medical Errors -- statistics & numerical data
Patient safety
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Continuity of Patient Care
Diagnostic Errors -- prevention & control
Diagnostic Errors -- statistics & numerical data
Medical Order Entry Systems
Patient Identification Systems
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

16. Integrating health services for people with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders

Publication:
[Washington, D.C.] : Grantmakers in Health, [2012]
Subject(s):
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated -- methods
Mental Disorders -- therapy
Mental Health Services -- organization & administration
Primary Health Care -- organization & administration
Substance-Related Disorders -- therapy
Behavioral Medicine
Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)
Patient Care Team
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Humans
United States

17. Employer health benefits: 1999 annual survey

Publication:
Menlo Park, CA : Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 1999
Subject(s):
Health Benefit Plans, Employee -- statistics & numerical data
Health Surveys
Consumer Advocacy
Cost Sharing
Eligibility Determination
Forecasting
Health Care Costs
Insurance Coverage
Insurance, Health -- economics
Insurance, Health -- trends
Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Humans
United States

18. Bending the curve: options for achieving savings and improving value in U.S. health spending

Publication:
[New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System, [2007]
Subject(s):
Cost Savings
Health Expenditures -- trends
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Decision Making
Drug Costs
Forecasting
Federal Government
Health Policy
Health Promotion
Insurance Coverage
Insurance, Health
Medical Informatics
Obesity -- prevention & control
Smoking Cessation -- economics
State Government
Humans
United States

20. Veterans' health care: limited progress made to address concerns that led to high-risk designation : testimony before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate

Publication:
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Accountability Office, March 15, 2017
Subject(s):
Risk Assessment
Risk Management
Veterans Health
Efficiency, Organizational
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Humans
United States
United States. Department of Veterans Affairs.

21. Medicaid personal care services: more harmonized program requirements and better data are needed : testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives

Publication:
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Accountability Office, May 2, 2017
Subject(s):
Fraud -- prevention & control
Community Health Services -- economics
Home Care Services -- economics
Insurance, Health, Reimbursement
Medicaid -- economics
Community Health Services -- organization & administration
Data Collection
Government Regulation
Health Expenditures
Home Care Services -- organization & administration
Quality Assurance, Health Care
State Government
Humans
United States
United States. Department of Health and Human Services.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.)

22. Veterans Affairs: improper payment estimates and ongoing efforts for reduction : testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives

Publication:
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Accountability Office, May 24, 2017
Subject(s):
Fraud -- prevention & control
Insurance, Disability
Insurance, Health, Reimbursement
Veterans Disability Claims
Veterans Health
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Humans
United States
United States. Department of Veterans Affairs.

26. Promoting the appropriate use of health care services: research and policy priorities

Author(s):
Buist, Diana, author
Collado, Megan, author
Publication:
[Washington, D.C.] : AcademyHealth, July 2014
Subject(s):
Delivery of Health Care -- methods
Health Policy
Health Services -- utilization
Health Services Research
Utilization Review
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Insurance, Health, Reimbursement
Unnecessary Procedures
Humans
United States

27. Developmental screening in primary care: the effectiveness of current practice and recommendations for improvement

Publication:
[New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, [2007]
Subject(s):
Child Development
Developmental Disabilities -- prevention & control
Mass Screening
Primary Health Care
Child
Child, Preschool
Developmental Disabilities -- diagnosis
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Neonatal Screening
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Humans
United States

29. The comprehensive congressional health reform bills of 2009: a look at health insurance, delivery system, and financing provisions

Publication:
New York, NY : Commonwealth Fund, [2009]
Subject(s):
Delivery of Health Care -- economics
Delivery of Health Care -- legislation & jurisprudence
Health Care Reform -- economics
Health Care Reform -- legislation & jurisprudence
Insurance, Health -- economics
Cost Savings -- statistics & numerical data
Health Benefit Plans, Employee
Insurance Coverage -- statistics & numerical data
Medically Uninsured -- statistics & numerical data
Public Sector
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Humans
United States

30. Duke University Hospital: organizational and tactical strategies to enhance patient satisfaction

Publication:
New York, N.Y. : Commonwealth Fund, [2008]
Subject(s):
Benchmarking
Hospitals, University
Organizational Case Studies
Organizational Innovation
Patient Satisfaction
Employee Incentive Plans
Forecasting
Leadership
Process Assessment (Health Care)
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Quality Indicators, Health Care -- statistics & numerical data
Quality Indicators, Health Care -- trends
Humans
North Carolina
United States

31. Brigham and Women's Hospital: "moving the needle" takes people, processes, and leadership

Publication:
New York, N.Y. : Commonwealth Fund, [2008]
Subject(s):
Benchmarking
Hospitals, Voluntary
Leadership
Organizational Case Studies
Organizational Innovation
Patient Satisfaction
Health Care Surveys
Process Assessment (Health Care)
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Quality Indicators, Health Care -- statistics & numerical data
Humans
Massachusetts
United States

32. Developing federally qualified health centers into community networks to improve state primary care delivery systems

Publication:
[New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, [2011]
Subject(s):
Community Health Centers -- organization & administration
Community Networks -- organization & administration
Delivery of Health Care -- organization & administration
Primary Health Care -- organization & administration
Program Development
Quality Assurance, Health Care
State Health Plans
Community Health Centers -- economics
Cooperative Behavior
Federal Government
Financing, Government
Interinstitutional Relations
Medicaid
Organizational Case Studies
Preventive Health Services
State Government
Humans
United States

33. Confronting costs: stabilizing U.S. health spending while moving toward a high performance health care system

Publication:
[New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, [2013]
Subject(s):
Delivery of Health Care -- economics
Delivery of Health Care -- trends
Health Expenditures -- trends
Health Policy -- trends
Health Services -- economics
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Cost Control
Forecasting
Health Care Reform -- trends
Insurance, Health
Medicaid -- trends
Medicare -- trends
Organizational Innovation
Patient Care Team
Patient-Centered Care
Primary Health Care -- organization & administration
Public-Private Sector Partnerships
Humans
United States

35. Health care opinion leaders' views on priorities for the Obama Administration

Publication:
[New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, [2009]
Subject(s):
Health Care Reform -- organization & administration
Insurance, Health -- organization & administration
Cost Control
Health Benefit Plans, Employee -- organization & administration
Health Services Accessibility
Insurance Coverage
Medical Informatics
Public Opinion
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Universal Coverage
Humans
United States

36. Health care opinion leaders' views on transparency and pricing

Publication:
[New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, [2010]
Subject(s):
Costs and Cost Analysis -- statistics & numerical data
Disclosure
Information Services
Rate Setting and Review -- methods
Capitation Fee
Choice Behavior
Economic Competition
Health Benefit Plans, Employee -- economics
Health Care Surveys
Leadership
Physicians -- economics
Public Sector
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Reimbursement, Incentive
Relative Value Scales
Humans
United States
United States.

37. High performance accountable care: building on success and learning from experience

Publication:
[New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, [2011]
Subject(s):
Delivery of Health Care -- methods
Efficiency, Organizational
Medicare
Models, Organizational
Physician Incentive Plans
Primary Health Care -- organization & administration
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Reimbursement, Incentive
Cost Savings
Group Practice
Humans
United States
United States.

38. Mirror, mirror on the wall: how the performance of the U.S. health care system compares internationally : 2014 update

Author(s):
Davis, Karen, author
Stremikis, Kristof, author
Squires, David, author
Schoen, Cathy, author
Publication:
New York, NY : Commonwealth Fund, 2014
Subject(s):
Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Delivery of Health Care -- economics
Delivery of Health Care -- legislation & jurisprudence
Delivery of Health Care -- statistics & numerical data
Efficiency
Forecasting
Global Health
Health Care Costs -- statistics & numerical data
Health Care Reform -- economics
Health Care Reform -- legislation & jurisprudence
Health Care Reform -- statistics & numerical data
Health Services Accessibility -- economics
Health Services Accessibility -- legislation & jurisprudence
Health Services Accessibility -- statistics & numerical data
Healthcare Disparities -- statistics & numerical data
Medical Informatics -- trends
Patient-Centered Care -- statistics & numerical data
Preventive Health Services -- economics
Preventive Health Services -- legislation & jurisprudence
Humans
Australia
Canada
Europe
New Zealand
United States
United States.

39. Hill Physicians Medical Group: independent physicians working to improve quality and reduce costs

Publication:
New York, N.Y. : Commonwealth Fund, [2009]
Subject(s):
Independent Practice Associations -- organization & administration
Organizational Case Studies
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Quality Indicators, Health Care
Algorithms
Chronic Disease -- therapy
Delivery of Health Care
Health Care Reform
Organizational Culture
Physician Incentive Plans
Reimbursement, Incentive
Safety
Humans
United States

40. Advancement of emerging technology applications for pharmaceutical innovation and modernization

Publication:
Silver Spring, MD : Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, September 2017
Subject(s):
Biomedical Technology -- standards
Drug Industry -- standards
Inventions
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Quality Improvement
Humans
United States
United States. Department of Health and Human Services.
United States. Food and Drug Administration.

41. The cost of caring: drivers of spending on hospital care

Publication:
Washington, D.C. : American Hospital Association, [2011]
Subject(s):
Economics, Hospital
Health Expenditures -- statistics & numerical data
Hospital Costs -- statistics & numerical data
Biomedical Technology -- economics
Chronic Disease -- economics
Delivery of Health Care -- economics
Forecasting
Health Care Costs -- statistics & numerical data
Health Care Costs -- trends
Health Expenditures -- trends
Health Manpower
Health Resources -- utilization
Health Services Needs and Demand
Hospital Administration
Hospital Costs -- trends
Life Expectancy
Personnel, Hospital -- supply & distribution
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Uncompensated Care -- economics
Humans
United States
United States.

42. Bringing behavioral health into the care continuum: opportunities to improve quality, costs, and outcomes

Publication:
Washington, D.C. : American Hospital Association, [2012]
Subject(s):
Continuity of Patient Care
Cost of Illness
Health Care Costs
Health Care Reform
Mental Disorders -- economics
Mental Disorders -- epidemiology
Mental Disorders -- therapy
Mental Health Services -- economics
Mental Health Services -- statistics & numerical data
Mental Health Services -- trends
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Adolescent
Adult
Ambulatory Care
Child
Chronic Disease -- economics
Comorbidity
Cost Savings
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated
Forecasting
Health Services Accessibility
Insurance Coverage
Mental Disorders -- drug therapy
Mental Health Services -- manpower
Primary Health Care
Telemedicine
Humans
United States
United States.

43. Hospitals demonstrate commitment to quality improvement

Publication:
Washington, D.C. : American Hospital Association, [2012]
Subject(s):
Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Hospitals
Infection control
Outcome Assessment (Health Care) -- trends
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Quality Improvement
Antibiotic Prophylaxis
Catheter-Related Infections -- prevention & control
Cross Infection -- drug therapy
Evidence-Based Medicine
Forecasting
Government Agencies
Health Care Reform
Hospital Mortality -- trends
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention -- statistics & numerical data
Quality Indicators, Health Care
Surgical Wound Infection -- prevention & control
Humans
United States
United States.

44. Retail clinics: six state approaches to regulation and licensing

Publication:
[Oakland, Calif.] : California HealthCare Foundation, [2009]
Subject(s):
Ambulatory Care Facilities -- organization & administration
Commerce -- legislation & jurisprudence
Health Services Accessibility -- organization & administration
Advertising as Topic -- legislation & jurisprudence
Ambulatory Care Facilities -- economics
Ambulatory Care Facilities -- legislation & jurisprudence
Health Services Accessibility -- trends
Licensure
Marketing -- legislation & jurisprudence
Medicaid
Nurse Practitioners
Physician Assistants
Primary Health Care
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Referral and Consultation
State Government
Humans
United States

45. Reducing errors in blood specimen labeling: a multihospital initiative

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2011
Subject(s):
Blood Specimen Collection -- methods
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Patient Identification Systems -- methods
Product Labeling -- methods
Specimen Handling -- methods
Cooperative Behavior
Medical Errors -- statistics & numerical data
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Safety
Humans
United States

47. Assessing the impact of California's nurse staffing ratios on hospitals and patient care

Publication:
[Oakland, Calif.] : California HealthCare Foundation, [2009]
Subject(s):
Delivery of Health Care -- trends
Nursing Staff, Hospital -- supply & distribution
Personnel Staffing and Scheduling -- organization & administration
Forecasting
Hospital Administration -- statistics & numerical data
Nursing, Practical -- legislation & jurisprudence
Personnel Staffing and Scheduling -- statistics & numerical data
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Humans
California

48. Medicaid managed care: CMS should improve oversight of access and quality in states' long-term services and supports programs : report to Congressional requesters

Publication:
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Accountability Office, August 2017
Subject(s):
Community Health Services
Home Care Services
Long-Term Care
Managed Care Programs
Medicaid
Federal Government
Government Regulation
Health Services Accessibility
Quality Assurance, Health Care
State Government
Humans
United States
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.)

49. Bridging the gaps: state and local strategies for ensuring backup personal care services

Publication:
Washington, D.C. : AARP Public Policy Institute, c2006
Subject(s):
Health Services Accessibility
Home Care Services
Personnel Staffing and Scheduling
Data Collection
Disabled Persons
Government Regulation
Health Workforce
Local Government
Medicaid -- economics
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Registries
State Government
Humans
United States