Table 2.
Studies by Type of Cost Measure and Quality Measure
| Level of Analysis | Total Studies, n |
Studies, by Cost Measure Type, n | Studies, by Quality Measure Type*, n | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting Costs |
Care Intensity Index |
Charges | Expenditure | Access | Composite Measure |
Outcome | Patient Experience |
Process | Structure | ||
| Patient | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Provider | |||||||||||
| Disease management program | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hospital | 29 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Nursing home | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Physician | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Provider group | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Region | |||||||||||
| Area | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Health plan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All | 61 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 8 | 19 | 5 |
*
15 studies included several types of quality measures.