title: A compilation of state activities in legislatively mandated reporting of health services data.
abstract: The health care crisis and efforts for reform have taken a variety of forms. Apparently a majority of states have decided that the federal government will develop solutions to this problem slowly, if at all, and have undertaken a variety of activities on their own to address the problem. One state response has been to mandate the collection of data related to health services in an effort to assist purchasers of health care to make more prudent buying decisions. This article contains the results of a survey conducted among the states that have legislatively mandated the collection of health-related data and presents a compilation and discussion of their activities.
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri, Columbia, USA.
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Boles
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Hicks
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017048:Health Care Costs; D018166:Health Care Reform; D019538:Health Care Surveys / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006268:Health Facilities; D006280:Health Workforce; D007343:Insurance Carriers; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010820:Physicians; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013221:State Health Plans; D014481:United States