Health outcomes. New quality measure for Medicare

Health outcomes. New quality measure for Medicare.

OBJECTIVE A new measurement of health care quality for Medicare beneficiaries has been implemented by the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA). This paper describes the program, presents baseline data and highlights associated issues. DESIGN The Health Outcomes Survey (HOS) is a longitudinal cohort mail survey. Changes in population health status after 2 years will be evaluated on an i...

Medicare Quality Monitoring System (MQMS) Report: Outcomes of Cancer Surgeries

Patient-reported outcomes for the myelodysplastic syndromes: a new MDS-specific measure of quality of life.

In their recommendations for diagnosis and treatment of the myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), the European Leukemia Net point out the crucial role of quality of life (QoL) assessment, as affected patients are most often elderly and have a largely incurable disease. We agree that rigorous assessment of QoL is highly valuable and that measuring patient-reported outcomes is key to managing this dis...

Overview of the SEER—Medicare Health Outcomes Survey Linked Dataset

The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)--Medicare Health Outcomes Survey (MHOS) links cancer registry data with survey data from Medicare managed care enrollees. The linked file includes clinical information about the cancer with self-reported data about symptoms, functional status and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) for Medicare managed care enrollees. This article provid...

Primary care physician workforce and Medicare beneficiaries' health outcomes.

CONTEXT Despite a widespread interest in increasing the numbers of primary care physicians to improve care and to moderate costs, the relationship of the primary care physician workforce to patient-level outcomes remains poorly understood. OBJECTIVE To measure the association between the adult primary care physician workforce and individual patient outcomes. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANT...