Performance measurement resources and publications

A framework and empirical strategies for assessing health care efficiency

Concerns over rising healthcare spending in the U.S. continue to motivate discussions and activities in evaluating healthcare efficiency.  The PCPI Work Group on Efficiency and Cost of Care, co-chaired by Drs. William Golden and Jonathan Sugarman, has prepared two papers which are intended to provide the Work Group and the PCPI with a technical foundation for the development of future strategies and projects in healthcare efficiency measurement and improvement.

A Framework for Measuring Health care Efficiency and Value (PDF, 108KB)

Empirical Applications for Assessing the Efficiency and Value of Health care using the Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement Physician Performance Measures (87KB)

An overview of the Consortium and its activities is available as a PowerPoint presentation. (PPT, 80KB)

New book on performance measurement history and environment and use of Consortium measures: Physician's Guide to Implementing Medicare's Physician Quality Reporting Initiative: An Insider's View 2007.