title: The potential effects of HEDIS performance measures on the quality of care.
abstract: We analyzed the potential effects of different levels of performance on eight Health Care Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures for cardiovascular disease and diabetes during 1995-2005. The measures targeted 3.3 million (25 percent) heart attacks. Improvements in performance to those achieved by the median plan in 2005 imply prevention of 1.9 million myocardial infarctions (MIs, 15 percent), 0.8 million strokes (8 percent), and 0.1 million cases of end-stage renal disease (17 percent). If performance had been 100 percent, 1.4 million more MIs would have been prevented. Control of blood pressure has the largest potential effect on quality at the national level.
authors.affiliation: Archimedes Inc., San Francisco, California, USA. david.eddy@archimedesmodel.com
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Eddy
authors.forename: L Gregory
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Pawlson
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schaaf
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Peskin
authors.forename: Andrei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shcheprov
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dziuba
authors.forename: Jill
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bowman
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eng
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019985:Benchmarking; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D003625:Data Collection; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy*; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011788:Quality of Life; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult