title: Performance indicators in women's health: incorporating women's health in the health plan employer data and information set (HEDIS).
abstract: The Health plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS) is limited in its scope of women's health-related performance measures. Realizing this, the National Committee for Quality Assurance developed the Women's Health Measurement Advisory Panel (MAP) to expand and develop HEDIS measures to better represent women's health issues. This paper outlines the development of several new women's health-related performance measures and highlights the complexities of creating new measures to assess the quality of care provided to women through our nation's managed care organizations.
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Care Research and Policy Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: McKinley
authors.forename: Joseph W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Briefer-French
authors.forename: Lynne S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Wilcox
authors.forename: Carol S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Weisman
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Andrews
mesh_terms: D003268:Contraception Behavior; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000592:standards*; D008593:Menopause; D008603:Mental Health; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D014481:United States; D014932:Women's Health Services / Q000592:standards*