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Toward a National Health Care Survey A Data System for the 21st Century (1992) / Chapter Skim
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Introduction
Pages 15-18

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... Current surveys are inadequate, for example, in their coverage of emerging sites of medical care, in measuring the impact of change on the quality, effectiveness, and outcome of medical care; in tracking persons across health care settings; and in addressing the health care needs of the poor, minorities, and those without adequate health insurance. Data are needed to measure the degree of shift from traditional to alternative health care settings and to provide national estimates for types of care delivered in these new settings, in order to continue to provide basic information on the supply and use of health services and health care technology.
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... In order to evaluate the proposed plan for a National Health Care Survey, the panel was asked to carry out two major tasks: (1) Identify the principal current and future needs for health care data by public and private policy makers, health care providers, health service researchers, and others and (2)
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... The panel also obtained the views of users through oral presentations at its meetings; representatives of the various federal agencies that have an interest in health care data and others were invited to express their needs for data and to comment on their use of the existing data systems. The panel reviewed an extensive body of material: planning documents; internal memoranda; relevant internal documents related to design, redesign plans, and other material provided by NCHS and other department officials during the course of the study; as well as historical documents and publications relating to the surveys under consideration.
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... Chapter 3 presents the panel's review and critique of the center's plan for an integrated National Health Care Survey in its present stage of development and the panel's recommendations for modifications and expansion in the areas of coverage and content of the survey, the benefits and limitations of the center's design, and identification of areas that need further investigation. Chapter 4 lays out the panel's recommended approach toward an integrated National Health Care Data System and presents the panel's strategy for implementation by the year 2000.
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