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 Basics of Quality Performance Measurement and Mechanisms That Influence Quality

Quality measurement is a concept that all health care programs must consider. It is not enough to assess whether SCHIP has succeeded in providing health care coverage to low-income uninsured children, it is also important to ensure that SCHIP is providing quality care for participants. SCHIP Workshop (June/September, 1998) presenters Lisa Simpson, Tricia MacTaggart, and Mark Schuster discussed basics of quality and performance measurement. Their key points are summarized in the following quality measurement section.

• What Is Quality and Why Is It Important?
• How Is Quality Measured?

Related Questions

Give me an overall context

• What Are the Overall Issues Associated with Defining the Problem and the Intervention?

• What Are the Methods of Data Collection for SCHIP Evaluations?

Give me an example

• What Are the Methods of Data Collection for SCHIP Quality and Performance Measurement?

Who presented this material?

• Patricia MacTaggart, M.B.A.