Assessing the Quality and Value of Psychological Health Care in Civilian Health Plans, Lessons and Implications for the Military Health System

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Assessing the Quality and Value of Psychological Health Care in Civilian Health Plans, Lessons and Implications for the Military Health System

Author

Hepner; Kimberly A. ; Osilla; Karen Chan ; Martsolf; Grant R. ; Mandel; Daniel ; Farmer; Carrie M.

Year

2015

Publisher

RAND Corporation

Language

English

ISBN

978-0-83308-781-2

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26-Mar-2026

Keywords

Health Sciences ; Psychology

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Health care quality is a concept that has been variously defined in the literature. For example, the Institute of Medicine (2001) has described quality as the “degree to which health care systems, services and supplies for individuals and populations increase the likelihood for positive health outcomes and are consistent with current professional knowledge,” while the World Health Organization states that “quality of care is the level of attainment of health systems’ intrinsic goals for health improvement and responsiveness to legitimate expectations of the population” (Murray, Lauer, and Evans, 2000). Although these definitions of quality vary, they highlight the fact that...