Public Health
PHTH 5232: Evaluating Healthcare Quality
Lecture - 3 credits
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- Focuses on the conceptual and methodological foundations for evaluating the quality of care of healthcare providers—both individual providers and healthcare organizations.
- Aimed at students pursuing careers in public health, public policy, healthcare management, and the various health professions in the growing field of quality evaluation and improvement.
- Also designed to give healthcare providers an appreciation for how they may be evaluated.
- Examines scientific issues in the measurement of quality of care as well as key quality evaluation methods.
- Also covers the use of risk adjustment and other methodologies for comparing the quality of healthcare providers.
- Focuses on mechanisms that assess quality, including licensure, accreditation, and board certification.
Focuses on the conceptual and methodological foundations for evaluating the quality of care of healthcare providers—both individual providers and healthcare organizations. Show more.