An analysis of leading congressional health care bills, 2005-2007: part II, quality and efficiency
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Contributor(s):
- Davis, Karen. Collins, Sara R. Kriss, Jennifer L. Commission on a High Performance Health System. Commonwealth Fund.
- Publication:
- [New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, [2007]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Health Care Reform -- legislation & jurisprudence Quality of Health Care -- legislation & jurisprudence Disclosure -- legislation & jurisprudence Efficiency, Organizational Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services -- legislation & jurisprudence Liability, Legal Medical Errors -- legislation & jurisprudence Medical Errors -- prevention & control Medical Informatics -- legislation & jurisprudence Medicare -- legislation & jurisprudence Physician Incentive Plans -- legislation & jurisprudence Private Sector Public Sector Humans United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- The U.S. health care system will become a high performance health system only with strong leadership from the federal government in partnership with the private sector. A prior report analyzed the likely effect on U.S. health system performance of congressional legislative proposals to extend health insurance coverage. This report addresses the major bills introduced over 2005-2007 designed to advance the quality and efficiency of the health system. The bills relate to: Medicare prescription drug coverage; Medicare payment reform; transparency; health information technology; patient safety; medical liability reform; and elimination of health disparities. Although they fall short of a comprehensive strategy for systemwide improvement, the legislative proposals potentially lay a foundation for more fundamental reforms.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101316712 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101316712