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Outcomes Measures: Healthcare quality indicators that gauge the extent to which healthcare services succeed in improving patient health.

Sanitary And Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures And Agreements: Measures to protect humans, animals, and plants from diseases, pests, or contaminants. The final act of the Uruguay Round of the Multilateral Trade Negotiations contains 'The Agreement on th . . . View Full Definition

Structure Measures: Healthcare quality indicators related to the nature and quality of the resources that a managed care organization has available for patient care.

Process Measures: Healthcare quality indicators related to the methods and procedures that a managed care organization and its providers use to furnish care.

Performance Measures: Quantitative measures of the quality of care provided by a health plan or provider that consumers, payors, regulators, and others can use to compare the plan or provider to other plans and providers.

Average (Across-Day) Measures: An estimation of price that uses the average or representative price of a large number of trades.

Outcomes Assessment: A strategy used to evaluate and measure the results of an instructional method or program.

Risk-Adjustment: The statistical adjustment of outcomes measures to account for risk factors that are independent of the quality of care provided and beyond the control of the plan or provider, such as the p . . . View Full Definition