Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
540 Gaither Road
Rockville, MD 20850
www.ahrq.gov
Contract No. 290-02-0017
Prepared by:
Stanford-University of California San Francisco Evidence-based Practice Center
Principal Investigator
R. Adams Dudley, M.D., M.B.A
Investigators
Other Contributor
-
Kathryn McDonald, M.M.
EPC Associate Director
AHRQ Publication No. 04-0057
July 2004
ISBN: 1-58763-156-3
This report may be used, in whole or in part, as the basis for development of
clinical practice guidelines and other quality enhancement tools, or as a basis for
reimbursement and coverage policies. Endorsement by the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(DHHS) of such derivative products may not be stated or implied.
AHRQ is the lead Federal agency charged with supporting research designed to improve
the quality of health care, reduce its cost, address patient safety and medical
errors, and broaden access to essential services. AHRQ sponsors and conducts
research that provides evidence-based information on health care outcomes; quality;
cost, use, and access. The information helps health care decisionmakers - patients
and clinicians, health system leaders, and policymakers - make more informed
decisions and improve the quality of health care services.
This document is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted without
permission except any copyrighted materials noted for which further reproduction is
prohibited without the specific permission of copyright holders.
Suggested Citation:
Dudley RA, Frolich A, Robinowitz DL, Talavera JA, Broadhead P, Luft HS. Strategies To
Support Quality-based Purchasing: A Review of the Evidence. Technical Review 10.
(Prepared by the Stanford-University of California San Francisco Evidence-based
Practice Center under Contract No. 290-02-0017). AHRQ Publication No. 04-0057.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. July 2004.
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
540 Gaither Road
Rockville, MD 20850
www.ahrq.gov
Contract No. 290-02-0017
Prepared by:
Stanford-University of California San Francisco Evidence-based Practice Center
Principal Investigator
R. Adams Dudley, M.D., M.B.A
Investigators
Other Contributor
-
Kathryn McDonald, M.M.
EPC Associate Director
AHRQ Publication No. 04-0057
July 2004
ISBN: 1-58763-156-3
This report may be used, in whole or in part, as the basis for development of
clinical practice guidelines and other quality enhancement tools, or as a basis for
reimbursement and coverage policies. Endorsement by the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(DHHS) of such derivative products may not be stated or implied.
AHRQ is the lead Federal agency charged with supporting research designed to improve
the quality of health care, reduce its cost, address patient safety and medical
errors, and broaden access to essential services. AHRQ sponsors and conducts
research that provides evidence-based information on health care outcomes; quality;
cost, use, and access. The information helps health care decisionmakers - patients
and clinicians, health system leaders, and policymakers - make more informed
decisions and improve the quality of health care services.
This document is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted without
permission except any copyrighted materials noted for which further reproduction is
prohibited without the specific permission of copyright holders.
Suggested Citation:
Dudley RA, Frolich A, Robinowitz DL, Talavera JA, Broadhead P, Luft HS. Strategies To
Support Quality-based Purchasing: A Review of the Evidence. Technical Review 10.
(Prepared by the Stanford-University of California San Francisco Evidence-based
Practice Center under Contract No. 290-02-0017). AHRQ Publication No. 04-0057.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. July 2004.
