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Thousands of measures are used to assess health and health care in the United States. Although many provide useful information, their sheer number and lack of focus, consistency, and organization limit their overall effectiveness in improving health system performance. To achieve better health at a lower cost, health professionals, payers, policymakers, and members of the public need to know what core measures will yield the clearest understanding and focus on better health and well-being for Americans. This report calls for standard core measures as a tool for improving health in the United States...
Thousands of measures are used to assess health and health care in the United States. Although many provide useful information, their sheer number and lack of focus, consistency, and organization limit their overall effectiveness in improving health system performance. To achieve better health at a lower cost, health professionals, payers, policymakers, and members of the public need to know what core measures will yield the clearest understanding and focus on better health and well-being for Americans. This report calls for standard core measures as a tool for improving health in the United States and proposes 15 standardized measures, with recommendations for their application at every level and across sectors. These measures could provide consistent benchmarks for health progress across the nation and improve system performance in the highest-priority areas. The report lays the groundwork for the adoption of core measures that, if systematically, applied could yield better health at a lower cost for all Americans.