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A Prototype Performance Indicator Sets
Pages 181-188

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... Appendixes
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From page 183...
... a broader problem identification and prioritization cycle, through which a community maintains an overview of its health and health-related activities and determines which health issues are of special concern; and (2) more narrowly focused analysis and implementation cycles, through which these specific health concerns are addressed.
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... Once specific health issues had been selected, the committee developed its indicator sets using an approach like the community-based process described in Chapters 4 and 5. The domains of the field model provided a guide for examining each issue to formulate a broad list of potential performance indicators.
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From page 185...
... The committee focused its attention on performance measures applicable at the community level or to a broad category of community stakeholders (e.g., health plans, Medicaid participants, schools, employers, the elderly) , not on measures applicable to a specific accountable entity in any stakeholder group.
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From page 186...
... Department of Health and Human Services for the proposed Public Health Performance Partnership Grants (see NRC, 1996; USDHHS, no date) and by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA, 1996)
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From page 187...
... , Association of Schools of Public Health, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, National Associa tion of County Health Officials, United States Conference of Local Health Officers, Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control.
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From page 188...
... 1996. Assessment of Performance Measures in Public Health.
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