NCQA highlights benefits of quality measurement.
Significant improvement cited in diabetes, heart care, and childhood immunizations. Top-level performance would save between 37,600 and 81,000 lives and between 2.6 billion dollars and 3.6 billion dollars each year. NCQA developing a common set of quality standards to apply to all health plans.
D026683:Advisory Committees; D017046:Cost Savings; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy; D030881:Disclosure; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D014481:United States