A Multiattribute Approach to Measure Quality of Health Care

Abstract

The problem of measuring the quality of health care is one of the most evasive, yet important, problems in medical administration. Outcome measures, the ultimate validators of care, suffer from a number of drawbacks. Multiattribute utility (MAU) analysis can potentially resolve many of the issues involved in quality assurance. In this paper the potential contributions of MAU analysis are outlined, a number of MAU studies contributing to quality measurement discussed, and suggestions for quality assurance systems made.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA026327

Entities

People

  • William C. Giauque

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Classification
  • Control Systems
  • Engineering
  • Geography
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Management Engineering
  • Measurement
  • Medical Personnel
  • New York
  • Operations Research
  • Pain
  • Public Health
  • Quality Control

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.