Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference

But...

• Little is known about what various stakeholders mean by "efficiency"
  • Considerable lack of common language, conceptual clarity
  • Link between content of metrics and proposed applications not always thought through
• Little is known about the consequences (intended and unintended) of applying available metrics at different levels in the system
  • Can measures developed for one level (health plan) be applied at a different level (physician)?