Measuring success in health care value-based purchasing programs

"Based on the findings from the environmental scan, literature review, and technical expert panels discussions, we provide a set of recommendations for consideration that could serve to advance the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of value based purchasing programs to generate critically needed knowledge to guide policymaking."

Measuring success in health care value-based purchasing programs
CL Damberg, ME Sorbero, SL Lovejoy, G Martsolf, L Raaen, D Mandel
RAND Corporation
2014

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Health economics research into supporting carers of people with dementia

"This paper reviews outcome measures commonly used in health services research and health economics research involving carers of people with dementia."

Health economics research into supporting carers of people with dementia: a systematic review of outcome measures
C Jones, R Tudor Edwards, B Hounsome
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2012, 10:142

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Review of patient-reported outcome measures in chronic hepatitis C

"Further research is needed to ensure that chronic hepatitis C clinical trials evaluate concepts that are important to patients and include measures that have evidence supporting content validity, reliability, construct validity, and responsiveness."

Review of patient-reported outcome measures in chronic hepatitis C
L Kleinman, S Mannix, Y Yuan, S Kummer, G L'Italien, D Revicki
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2012, 10:92

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