Science news articles about 'health system performance'

... Results From The National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance, 2008, the U.S. scored an average ... scorecard compares national average rates to performance of the top 10 percent of states, regions ...

... policy strategies for improving U.S. health system performance. Eighty-five percent of respondents ... Respondents voiced strong support for realigning the system to pay for transitional care services (77 ...

... uninsured Americans, and would either reduce health care spending or add only modestly to annual ... reforms aimed at improving overall health system performance." Several Plans Could Result in Lower ...

... report found. The report, Aiming Higher: Results from the 2009 State Scorecard on Health System Performance, is a follow-up to the Commission's 2007 State Scorecard report; it ranks states on 38 ...

... Medicare to take the lead in developing innovative approaches to improving health system performance." Other findings from the survey include: More than three-quarters (76%) of respondents favor ...

... chronically ill patients at even higher health risk." Access Experiences Vary Widely ... spending, placing them at the center of efforts to improve health system performance." They conclude that public ...