Rising to the challenge: results from a Scorecard on Local Health System Performance : 2012

Rising to the challenge: results from a Scorecard on Local Health System Performance : 2012

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Author(s):
Radley, David C., author
How, Sabrina K. H., author
Fryer, Ashley-Kay, author
McCarthy, Douglas, author
Schoen, Cathy, author
Contributor(s):
Commonwealth Fund. Commission on a High Performance Health System, issuing body.
Commonwealth Fund, issuing body.
Publication:
New York, NY : Commonwealth Fund, March 2012
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Benchmarking -- methods
Catchment Area, Health
Community Health Planning -- methods
Local Government
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
The first-ever Scorecard on Local Health System Performance provides U.S. communities with comparative data to assess the performance of their health care systems, establish priorities for improvement, and set achievement targets. It tracks 43 indicators spanning four dimensions of health system performance: access, prevention and treatment, costs and potentially avoidable hospital use, and health outcomes. The findings show clearly that where you live matters for health care access and care experiences. Comparing all 306 local health care areas, known as hospital referral regions, in the United States, the report finds that access, quality, costs, and health outcomes all vary significantly from one local community to another, often with a two- to threefold variation in key indicators between leading and lagging communities. The top-performing areas are concentrated in the Upper Midwest and Northeast. Yet, ample opportunities exist for health system improvement in all communities.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (98 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101581700 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101581700