Perspective Health AffairsVol. 17, No. 4 Perspective: Measuring What Matters To The PublicDavid Lansky Affiliations David Lansky is president of the Foundation for Accountability (FACCT) in Portland, Oregon. Health Affairs invited his comments on the paper by David Eddy, which precedes this Perspective. PUBLISHED:July/August 1998No Accesshttps://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.17.4.40AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextView PDFPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions View article"Perspective: Measuring What Matters To The Public." Health Affairs, 17(4), pp. 40–41TOPICSHealth care providersSystems of careHealth outcomesHospital medical staffHospital performanceAccess to care Loading Comments... Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. DetailsExhibitsReferencesRelated Article MetricsCitations: Crossref 31 History Published online 1 July 1998 InformationCopyright © by Project HOPE: The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc.PDF downloadCited ByCommunication with a neurological patientZhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii im. S.S. Korsakova, Vol. 122, No. 2Overview of Older People, Ageing and Diabetes, the Disease5 March 2018Effect of computer use on physician-patient communication using a validated instrument: Patient perspectiveInternational Journal of Medical Informatics, Vol. 108Educational interventions for improving the communication skills of general practice trainees in the clinical consultation10 May 2017 | Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Vol. 21Postscript22 May 2014 | Medical Care Research and Review, Vol. 71, No. 5_supplHealthcare Performance Reports29 September 2014The quality frontierFuture Oncology, Vol. 10, No. 4Does Hospital Reputation Influence the Choice of Hospital?SSRN Electronic Journal“Best Practice” for Patient-Centered Communication: A Narrative ReviewJournal of Graduate Medical Education, Vol. 5, No. 3Prediction of Hospital Acute Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure 30-Day Mortality Rates Using Publicly Reported Performance MeasuresJournal for Healthcare Quality, Vol. 35, No. 2Patient Education in NeurologyNeurologic Clinics, Vol. 28, No. 2Assessing and Managing All Aspects of Migraine: Migraine Attacks, Migraine-Related Functional Impairment, Common Comorbidities, and Quality of LifeMayo Clinic Proceedings, Vol. 84, No. 5Facilitating communication with patients for improved migraine outcomes10 October 2008 | Current Pain and Headache Reports, Vol. 12, No. 3The assessment of doctors' performance: Tools and techniques18 July 2013 | Journal of Management & Marketing in Healthcare, Vol. 1, No. 4Achieving Quality Health Services for Adolescents1 June 2008 | Pediatrics, Vol. 121, No. 6Do new health conditions support mortality–air pollution effects?Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Vol. 50, No. 3Educational interventions for improving the communication skills of general practice trainees in the clinical consultation19 October 2005Quality Care for People with HIV/AIDS: Patients’ Perspectives23 February 2015 | HIV Clinical Trials, Vol. 5, No. 6Assessing Competence in Communication and Interpersonal Skills: The Kalamazoo II ReportAcademic Medicine, Vol. 79, No. 6The effectiveness of the public release of performance data in changing consumer, healthcare professional or organisational behaviour.20 October 2003Difusión de resultados asistenciales: ventajas e inconvenientes de los report cardsRevista de Calidad Asistencial, Vol. 18, No. 4A Research Agenda to Advance Quality Measurement and ImprovementMedical Care, Vol. 41, No. SupplementReporting health care performance: learning from the past, prospects for the future13 June 2002 | Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, Vol. 8, No. 2Relative Impact of Patient and Clinic Factors on Adherence to Primary Care Preventive Service GuidelinesMedical Care, Vol. 39, No. 9Improving Adolescent Preventive Care in Community Health Centers1 February 2001 | Pediatrics, Vol. 107, No. 2American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 164, No. 3Performance Measurement Through Audit, Feedback, and Profiling as Tools for Improving Clinical CareChest, Vol. 118, No. 2Internet-Based Monitoring and Benchmarking in Ambulatory Surgery CentersThe Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement, Vol. 26, No. 8CONQUEST 2.0: An Emerging Clinical Performance Measurement ToolJournal For Healthcare Quality, Vol. 22, No. 3Consumers' Descriptions of Quality Health CareJournal of Nursing Care Quality, Vol. 14, No. 1More Evidence For The Insurability Of Managed Behavioral Health CareCosts need notrise when more generous benefits are offered.William Goldman, Joyce McCulloch, Brian Cuffel, and Danah Kozma13 December 2018 | Health Affairs, Vol. 18, No. 5