12 ACCESS, QUALITY & COST
Learning Objectives
- Describe the importance and role of Population Health Management and strategies to improve health outcomes.
- Explore national strategies to increase insurance coverage rates and improve access to healthcare.
- Define the six domains of healthcare quality.
- Summarize the most widely used quality improvement methodologies in healthcare and examples of programs designed to evaluate quality.
- Compare healthcare spending in the United States with other high-income countries.
- Outline several national trends affecting the cost of health care and related impacts.
