4141.0: Tuesday, November 14, 2000: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Tape Measurers and Levers: Evolving Toolkit in Public Sector Healthcare Quality

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Facilitator(s):Patricia J Byrns
12:30 PMType of Health Insurance Coverage and Quality of Primary Care
Leiyu Shi, DrPH, MBA
12:45 PMQuantitative tool for assessing the quality of care for Medicaid patients
Ronda G. Hughes, MHS, RN
1:00 PMMedicare CAHPS® Fee-for-Service reporting project: Adapting physician-patient communication models to explain the decision-making context
Kristin L. Carman, PhD, Elizabeth Hoy, MHA, Elizabeth Jael, MA, Nancy A. Hampton, BA, Shoshanna Sofaer, DrPH, Shulamit Bernard, PhD
1:15 PMHow Comparative Quality Data Are Interpreted and Used by Medicare Beneficiaries
Judith H Hibbard, DrPH, Paul Slovic, PhD, Ellen M Peters, PhD
1:30 PMImproving the Quality of Health Care given Medicare Disadvantaged Populations
Edwin D. Huff, PhD, John Hebb, PhD, Irwin Goldzweig, MS, Emily J. Townsend, PhD, Louise Roumagoux, MSN, MPH
1:45 PMImproving Delivery of Preventive Services to Vulnerable Populations
Carole Lee Romm, RN, MPA, Margaret M. Lentell, RN, FNP
Sponsor:Medical Care
Cosponsors:Health Administration

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA