An analysis of leading congressional health care bills, 2005-2007: part II, quality and efficiency

An analysis of leading congressional health care bills, 2005-2007: part II, quality and efficiency

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Contributor(s):
Davis, Karen.
Collins, Sara R.
Kriss, Jennifer L.
Commonwealth Fund. Commission on a High Performance Health System.
Commonwealth Fund.
Publication:
[New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, [2007]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Health Care Reform -- legislation & jurisprudence
Quality of Health Care -- legislation & jurisprudence
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
The U.S. health care system will become a high performance health system only with strong leadership from the federal government in partnership with the private sector. A prior report analyzed the likely effect on U.S. health system performance of congressional legislative proposals to extend health insurance coverage. This report addresses the major bills introduced over 2005-2007 designed to advance the quality and efficiency of the health system. The bills relate to: Medicare prescription drug coverage; Medicare payment reform; transparency; health information technology; patient safety; medical liability reform; and elimination of health disparities. Although they fall short of a comprehensive strategy for systemwide improvement, the legislative proposals potentially lay a foundation for more fundamental reforms.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101316712 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101316712