Measuring the quality of care for psychological health conditions in the military health system : : candidate quality measures for posttraumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder / / Kimberly A. Hepner [et al.]

To inform improvements to the quality of care delivered by the military health system for posttraumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder, researchers developed a framework and identified, developed, and described a candidate set of measures for monitoring, assessing, and improving the q...

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Place / Publishing House:Santa Monica, Ca : : RAND Corporation,, 2015.
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (239 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures and Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One: Introduction; Defining and Measuring Quality of Care; How Quality Measures Are Used; Quality Improvement; Accountability; Research; Examples of Improved Performance over Time; Overview of Our Process for Quality Measure Development; Organization of the Report; Chapter Two: Framework for Classifying Measures of Psychological Health Conditions; Dimensions for the Framework; Care Continuum; Measure Type; Matrix Framework for Classifying Psychological Health Measures
  • Chapter Three: Identification of Measures of Quality of Care for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Major Depressive DisorderMeasure Selection by Expert Consensus; Chapter Four: Overview of Candidate Sets of Measures of Care Quality for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder; Description of Candidate Measures, by Care Continuum Phase; Description of Candidate Measures, by Measure Type; Description of Candidate Measures Using the Matrix Framework; Examination of Need for New Measures; Prevention; Reintegration; Structure Measures; Chapter Five: Summary and Recommendations
  • Study LimitationsRecommendations; Appendixes; A. Definitions of Terms Used to Describe Quality Measures; B. Descriptions of Measures of Quality of Care for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; C. Descriptions of Measures of Quality of Care for Major Depressive Disorder; D. Additional Rationale for Cost Measure; E. Candidate Set of Measures of Quality of Care for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; F. Candidate Set of Measures of Quality of Care for Major Depressive Disorder; G. Sources of Measures; Bibliography