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AHRQ Technical Reviews and Summaries, AHCPR Supported Clinical Practice Guidelines, Quick Reference Guide, Consumer Guides (English), Consumer Guides (Spanish), AIDSInfo ![]() 10. Strategies To Support Quality-based Purchasing: A Review of the Evidence Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 540 Gaither Road Rockville, MD 20850 Contract No. 290-02-0017 Prepared by: Stanford-University of California San Francisco Evidence-based Practice Center Principal Investigator R. Adams Dudley, M.D., M.B.A Investigators Anne Frolich, M.D. David L. Robinowitz, M.D. Jason A. Talavera, B.S. Peter Broadhead, B.A. Harold S. Luft, Ph.D. Other Contributor Kathryn McDonald, M.M. EPC Associate Director AHRQ Publication No. 04-0057 July 2004 ISBN: 1-58763-156-3 This report may be used, in whole or in part, as the basis for development of clinical practice guidelines and other quality enhancement tools, or as a basis for reimbursement and coverage policies. Endorsement by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) of such derivative products may not be stated or implied. AHRQ is the lead Federal agency charged with supporting research designed to improve the quality of health care, reduce its cost, address patient safety and medical errors, and broaden access to essential services. AHRQ sponsors and conducts research that provides evidence-based information on health care outcomes; quality; cost, use, and access. The information helps health care decisionmakers - patients and clinicians, health system leaders, and policymakers - make more informed decisions and improve the quality of health care services. This document is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted without permission except any copyrighted materials noted for which further reproduction is prohibited without the specific permission of copyright holders. Suggested Citation: Dudley RA, Frolich A, Robinowitz DL, Talavera JA, Broadhead P, Luft HS. Strategies To Support Quality-based Purchasing: A Review of the Evidence. Technical Review 10. (Prepared by the Stanford-University of California San Francisco Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-02-0017). AHRQ Publication No. 04-0057. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. July 2004. |