Seeking Consensus on the Terminology of Value-Based Transformation Through use of a Delphi Process.

ABSTRACT: Collaboration among diverse stakeholders involved in the value transformation of health care requires consistent use of terminology. The objective of this study was to reach consensus definitions for the terms value-based care, value-based payment, and population health. A modified Delphi process was conducted from February 2017 to July 2017. An in-person panel meeting was followed by 3 rounds of surveys. Panelists anonymously rated individual components of definitions and full definitions on a 9-point Likert scale. Definitions were modified in an iterative process based on results of each survey round. Participants were a panel of 18 national leaders representing population health, health care delivery, academic medicine, payers, patient advocacy, and health care foun

SUBMITTER: Schapira MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7301322 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature