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How can health administrators and policymakers use various data and measures (e.g. health status and/or service utilization) to improve the healthcare system?
*Please explain in detail and use accurate scholarly information *Please cite all references used. Thank you!
Usually, the health administrators and policymakers use various data such as healthcare expenditure, health care financing, National Health accounts, and benchmark of healthcare. By addressing these data, the healthcare policymakers develop a policy framework for reforming the new healthcare system. The administration also uses these data in changing the role of the healthcare system.
Sometimes Agency for health care policy and research data are used by the healthcare administrators to improve the quality of care. The Department of Human and Health Services also provides information regarding health insurance and the users which helpful for both policymakers and the administrators.
Medical database is used to assess the area of patient care and needs. Administrative healthcare databases regarding the local epidemiological diseases are used to plan for future allocation of resources and financial management. Healthcare databases of care delivery in the various department within the organization are frequently used to understand and improve the health care system of delivery. Sometimes there will be a limitation in the data quality. So the health administrators and policymakers have to collect accurate and comprehensive data to improve the health care system.
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