title: Health-care performance measurement systems and the ACHS Care Evaluation Program. Australian Council on Healthcare Standards.
abstract: The call for evidence-based medicine and information on health outcomes has brought with it performance measurement systems. The necessary attributes of these systems are now being addressed as are the attributes of the measures themselves. In this paper the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards Care Evaluation Program is reviewed in relation to these various attributes. The more focused systems should prove useful in achieving change in clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: ACHS Care Evaluation Programme, St Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy, Vic., Australia.
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Collopy
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards*