Intergrating Quality into Utah's Health System Reform

References and Suggestions for Further Reading

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (2002).  Medicaid Uses of AHRQ Research. Fact sheet. http://ww.ahrq.org.

AHRQ (2004). Strategies to Support Quality-Based Purchasing: a Review of the Evidence.  Pub. No. 04-P024.  http://www.ahrq.org.

AHRQ (2005-1). Quality Improvement and Performance Measurement in Medicaid Care Management. Fact sheet. http://ww.ahrq.org.

AHRQ (2005-2).  Guide to Health Care Quality: How to Know it When you See it. http://ww.ahrq.org.

AHRQ (2006).  Utah: What is the Overall Health Care Quality Performance Compared to all States? http://statesnapshots.ahrq.gov/statesnapshots/statesummary.jsp?menuId=3&state=UT&level=0      

AHRQ (2007). Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies.  http://www.ahrq.org.

American Academy of Pediatrics (2002). The Medical Home Policy Statement. Pediatrics, v. 110, No. 1.

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (2005). State Policy Options to Establish Medical Homes for Children and Youth. Issue Report. http://www.astho.org.

Baicker, K. and A. Chandra (2004). "Medicare Spending, the Physician Workforce, and Beneficiaries' quality of care." Health Affairs (Millwood) Suppl. Web Exclusives: W184-97.

Center for Studying Health System Change (2005).  Can Money Buy Quality? Physician Response to Pay for Performance.  http://ww.hschange.org.

Cross, T.L.  et al (1989). "Towards a Culturally Competent System of Care: A Monograph on Effective Services for Minority Children Who Are Severely Emotionally Disturbed." CASSP Technical Assistance Center, Georgetown University Child Development Center. Washington, DC.

Cylus, J. and G. F. Anderson (2007).  Multinational Comparisons of Health Systems Data, 2006. The Commonwealth Fund.

Davis, K. et al (2007).  Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: An Update on the Quality of American Health Care through the Patient's Lens.  The Commonwealth Fund. http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=482678

Donnelly, S. (2007). HealthInsight Email communication.

Huynh, P.T., C. Schoen, R. Osborn, and A. L. Holmgren (2006).  The U.S. Health Care Divide: Disparities in Primary Care Experiences by Income. The Commonwealth Fund.

Institute of Medicine (1999).  To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System.

Institute of Medicine (2001).  Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century. http://www.iom.edu/?id=12736.  

Midwest Business Group on Health with The Juran Institute and The Severyn Group (2002). Reducing the Cost of Poor-Quality Health Care through Responsible Purchasing Leadership. http://www.mbgh.org.

National Committee for Quality Assurance NCQA (2006).  Pay for Performance: A Critical Examination. Proceedings from the NCQA 2006 Policy Conference.

NCQA (2007). NCQA Medicaid Managed Care Toolkit.

National Conference of State Legislatures NCSL (2004).  Evidence-Based Medicine and State Health Policy. http://www.ncsl.org.

National Conference of State Legislatures NCSL (2007). Medical Homes. http://ww.ncsl.org/programs/health/medhom.htm.

Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement (2006). Regional Coalitions for Healthcare Improvement: Definitions, Lessons, and Prospects.  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Oregon Health Policy Commission (2007).  Roadmap for Health Care Reform: Creating a High-Value Affordable Health Care System.  Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research.  http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/OHPPR/HPC/OHPCReformRoadMapFINAL.pdf.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2007).  What Do Americans Think about the Role of Quality of Care Information When Making Decisions about their Health Care? Research Highlight.

Schoen, C. and R. Osborn, P. T. Huynh, M. Doty, J. Peugh, K. Zapert (2006).  “On the Front Lines of Care: Primary Care Doctors' Office Systems, Experiences, and Views in Seven Countries,” Health Affairs Web Exclusive. W555–571.  

United Health Foundation (2007). Americas Health Rankings. http://www.unitedhealthfoundation.org/ahr2006/states/Minnesota.html

United Way of Salt Lake (2007). United Way Financial Stability Council Health Care Working Group Plan. http://uwfinancialstability.org/images/stories/healthcare-proposals.pdf

Utah Department of Health (2003). "Utah Rule Provides First Year of Patient Safety Data." Utah Patient Safety Update 1(2). http://health.utah.gov/psi/pubs/psup_v1n2.pdf
           
Voris, M. (2007).  Leading the Way: State Health Reform Initiatives. National Governor’s Association Center for Best Practices. http://www.nga.org/center.