Aiming higher: results from a state scorecard on health system performance, 2009

Aiming higher: results from a state scorecard on health system performance, 2009

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Contributor(s):
McCarthy, Douglas
How, Sabrina K. H.
Schoen, Cathy.
Cantor, Joel C.
Belloff, Dina.
Commonwealth Fund. Commission on a High Performance Health System.
Commonwealth Fund.
Publication:
[New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, [2009]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Delivery of Health Care -- statistics & numerical data
Health Care Costs
Health Care Reform
Health Services Accessibility -- statistics & numerical data
Insurance, Health
Quality of Health Care
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Focused on identifying opportunities to improve, The Commonwealth Fund's State Scorecard on Health System Performance assesses states' performance on health care relative to achievable benchmarks for 38 indicators of access, quality, costs, and health outcomes. The 2009 State Scorecard paints a picture of health care systems under stress, with deteriorating health insurance coverage for adults and rising health care costs. On a positive note, there were gains in children's coverage as a result of national reforms, and improvement in some measures of hospital and nursing home care following federal efforts to publicly report quality data. The scorecard highlights persistent wide variation in performance across states and continued evidence of poor care coordination. Increasing cost pressures and deterioration in access across the U.S., together with geographic disparities in performance, underscore the urgent need for comprehensive national reforms to ensure access, change the trajectory of costs, and enhance value.
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:
101548805 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101548805