Health Care

Value-Based Purchasing

Purchasers are provided information on the quality of health care, including patient outcomes and health status, with data on the dollar outlays going towards health. The focus is on managing the use of the health care system to reduce inappropriate care and to identify and reward the best-performing providers. (from http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/meyerrpt.htm accessed 11/25/2011)

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Abstract

Purchasers are provided information on the quality of health care, including patient outcomes and health status, with data on the dollar outlays going towards health. The focus is on managing the use of the health care system to reduce inappropriate care and to identify and reward the best-performing providers. (from http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/meyerrpt.htm accessed 11/25/2011)

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Purchasing, Value-Based
  • Purchasings, Value-Based
  • Value Based Purchasing
  • Value-Based Purchasings

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9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2013

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  1. N03w.219w.521.576w.343w.981

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Value-Based Purchasing. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D062505. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D062505
  2. Value-Based Purchasing. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70453557