Benchmarking data for home care are scarce.
There are few regional or national benchmarking sources for home care agencies, but two new accreditation requirements--ORYX and OASIS--will build vast national databases. OASIS, an outcomes measurement survey required by the Health Care Financing Administration, promises a standardized measurement and reporting set. However, the home care industry is well behind hospitals in collecting, compiling, and reporting outcomes. Don't expect a national database before the year 2000.
D000068:Accreditation; D019985:Benchmarking; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D003625:Data Collection; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards*; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D014481:United States