Kansas Health Online - Price and Quality

Affordability - Average Cost of Co-Insurance: Kanas Health Policy Authority

julieb — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:26:24 -0400

This information may be used to understand trends in how much consumers are spending for health care.

Affordability - Consumer Spending: Kansas Health Policy Authority

julieb — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:42:50 -0400

Average Employee's Share of Premium For Health Insurance Plans. This information may be used to understand how consumer spending may affect health outcomes.

Before you go to the hospital - Compare: Kansas Hospital Association Annual Report

julieb — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:14:39 -0500

The report includes information about number of hospital beds, admissions, surgeries and births. Information about specific hospitals can be found on page 83.

Before you go to the hospital - Compare: The Leapfrog Group

julieb — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:26:37 -0500

Leapfrog provides information about hospital procedures and practices that are associated with patient safety.

Tip: To search for hospitals in Kansas: 1. Select "Please show me all the information for my area", 2. Select "Search by state" 3. Select "Kansas" 4. Select "Compare now"

Before you go to the hospital - Compare: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project

julieb — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:13:54 -0500

Report provides state and national hospital statistics. There is a separate area for researchers but people unfamiliar with using databases and statistics may find this site challenging.

National Quality Measures Clearinghouse Glossary

julieb — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:01:48 -0400

Consumers can make more informed decisions about their health care by comparing price and quality. But what does that mean? Health care quality has its own special vocabulary. Learn what terms like "Health Care Quality" and "Benchmarking" mean with this glossary of health care quality terms.

Quality: Guide to Health Care Quality

julieb — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:05:31 -0400

This guide describes actions you can take to receiving high quality health care.

Quality: NCQA - How Consumers Can Drive Better Quality Care

julieb — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:26:20 -0400

This page is from NCQA's Essential Guide to health care quality for consumers. Detailed information in this booklet includes: What quality health care is, what affects health care quality, how quality is measured, how payment can affect quality, how to reduce medical errors and use health information technology.