A framework for describing health care delivery organizations and systems

I.L. Piña, P.D. Cohen, D.B. Larson, L.N. Marion, M.R. Sills, L.I. Solberg and J. Zerzan

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 4, 670-679

Abstract: Describing, evaluating, and conducting research on the questions raised by comparative effectiveness research and characterizing care delivery organizations of all kinds, from independent individual provider units to large integrated health systems, has become imperative. Recognizing this challenge, the Delivery Systems Committee, a subgroup of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Effective Health Care Stakeholders Group, which represents a wide diversity of perspectives on health care, created a draft framework with domains and elements that may be useful in characterizing various sizes and types of care delivery organizations and may contribute to key outcomes of interest. The framework may serve as the door to further studies in areas in which clear definitions and descriptions are lacking. © 2015, American Public Health Association Inc. All rights reserved.

Keywords: comparative effectiveness; financial management; government; health care delivery; health care quality; health services research; organization; organization and management; patient care; system analysis; United States, Comparative Effectiveness Research; Delivery of Health Care; Financial Management; Health Services Research; Organizational Culture; Patient Care; Quality Assurance, Health Care; Systems Analysis; United States; United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301926

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