Rising to the challenge: the Commonwealth Fund Scorecard on Local Health System Performance, 2016 Edition
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Author(s):
- Radley, David C., author McCarthy, Douglas, author Hayes, Susan L., author
- Contributor(s):
- Commonwealth Fund, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, July 2016
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Quality Indicators, Health Care -- statistics & numerical data Quality of Health Care -- statistics & numerical data Health Benefit Plans, Employee -- statistics & numerical data Health Care Costs -- statistics & numerical data Health Services Accessibility -- statistics & numerical data Hospitalization -- statistics & numerical data Insurance Coverage -- statistics & numerical data Insurance, Health -- statistics & numerical data Medicaid -- statistics & numerical data Medically Uninsured -- statistics & numerical data Mortality Obesity -- epidemiology Patient Readmission -- statistics & numerical data Preventive Health Services -- statistics & numerical data State Government Humans United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- The 2016 edition of The Commonwealth Fund's Scorecard on Local Health System Performance finds continuing wide variation in health and health care across U.S. communities. In its assessment of 36 indicators of access, quality, avoidable hospital use, costs, and outcomes, we see that health care improved more than it worsened between 2011 and 2014 in nearly all 306 local areas. Gains in access to care, quality, and efficiency often corresponded to implementation of public policies, such as the Affordable Care Act, and to quality improvement collaborations. But lack of progress on many indicators suggests further efforts are needed. Notably, mortality rates were mostly unchanged, and obesity rates rose in 111 of 306 localities. Health system performance is often linked to resource availability, with areas that have a high proportion of low-income residents tending to rank lower. Exceptions to this suggest, however, that local improvement efforts can succeed despite socioeconomic challenges.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (27 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101712685 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101712685