cost and quality analysis

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cost and quality analysis

In a paper of 500-1,000 words, describe the relationship between health care cost and quality. Address the following:

  1. Select one public agency and one private agency and differentiate their roles and major activities in addressing cost and quality in health care. See Topic 4 readings for sources regarding health care agencies.
  2. Analyze current and projected initiatives to improve quality while simultaneously controlling costs. Describe any unintended consequences.
  3. Synthesize implications for staff nurses and advanced practice nurses, including evidence-based practice, relative to cost and quality.

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Cost and Quality Analysis

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75.0 %Content
10.0 %Describe the relationship between health care cost and quality. Does not describe the relationship between health care cost and quality. Describes issues related to health care cost and health care quality, but does not discuss the relationship between the two. Describes the relationship between health care cost and quality, but is insufficiently developed. Adequately describes the relationship between health care cost and quality. There are few inconsistencies. Few examples given. Fully describes the relationship between health care cost and quality with no inconsistencies. Clear examples given.
20.0 %Differentiate the roles and major activities between one public and one private agency in addressing cost and quality in healthcare. Does not discuss the roles and major activities of public or private agencies in addressing cost and quality in health care. Discusses either the roles or the major activities of one public and one private agency in cost and quality in health care, but not both. Discusses, but does not differentiate the roles and major activities of one public and one private agency in addressing cost and quality in health care. Differentiates the roles and major activities between one public and one private agency in addressing cost and quality in health care, but is insufficiently developed. Minimal use of examples, supporting details, or references. Clearly and systematically differentiates the roles and major activities between one public and one private agency in addressing cost and quality in health care utilizing references, examples, and supporting details.
20.0 %Analyze current and projected initiatives to improve quality while simultaneously controlling costs. Describe any unintended consequences. Does not discuss current and projected initiatives to improve quality while simultaneously controlling costs. Does not describe any unintended consequences. Discusses either current or projected initiatives to improve quality while simultaneously controlling costs, but not both. Does not describe unintended consequences. Discusses current and projected initiatives to improve quality while simultaneously controlling costs. Does not describe any unintended consequences. Partially analyzes current and projected initiatives to improve quality while simultaneously controlling costs. Minimally describes unintended consequences. Comprehensively analyzes current and projected initiatives to improve quality while simultaneously controlling costs. Fully describes unintended consequences. Clear examples given.
20.0 %Synthesize implications for staff nurses and advanced practice nurses, including evidence-based practice, relative to cost and quality. Does not address any implications for staff nurses and advanced practice nurses, or evidence-based practice, relative to cost and quality. Discusses implications for either staff nurses or advanced practice nurses relative to cost and quality, but not both. Does not consistently address evidence-based practice. Discusses implications for staff nurses and advanced practice nurses relative to cost and quality. Briefly addresses evidence-based practice. No examples given. Synthesizes implications for staff nurses and advanced practice nurses, including evidence-based practice, relative to cost and quality; insufficiently developed. Provides examples, but some inconsistencies present. Comprehensively synthesizes implications for staff nurses and advanced practice nurses, including evidence-based practice, relative to cost and quality. Clear examples given with no inconsistencies.
5.0 %Paragraph Development and Transitions Style Paragraphs and transitions consistently lack unity and coherence. No apparent connections between paragraphs. Transitions are inappropriate to purpose and scope. Organization is disjointed. Some paragraphs and transitions may lack logical progression of ideas, unity, coherence, and/or cohesiveness. Some degree of organization is evident. Paragraphs are generally competent, but ideas may show some inconsistency in organization and/or in their relationships to each other. A logical progression of ideas between paragraphs is apparent. Paragraphs exhibit a unity, coherence, and cohesiveness. Topic sentences and concluding remarks are used as appropriate to purpose, discipline, and scope. There is a sophisticated construction of paragraphs and transitions. Ideas universally progress and relate to each other. The writer has been careful to use paragraph and transition construction to guide the reader. Paragraph structure is seamless. Individually and collectively, paragraphs are coherent and cohesive ? they ?sparkle.?
10.0 %Organization and Effectiveness
5.0 %Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, and grammar) Surface errors are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning. Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors that distract the reader. Some mechanical errors or typos are present, but are not overly distracting to the reader. Prose is largely free of mechanical errors, although a few may be present. Writer is clearly in control of standard, written American English.
5.0 %Language Use and Audience Awareness (includes sentence construction, word choice, etc.) Inappropriate word choice and/or sentence construction, lack of variety in language use. Writer appears to be unaware of audience. Use of ?primer prose? indicates writer either does not apply figures of speech or uses them inappropriately. Some distracting inconsistencies in language choice (register), sentence structure, and/or word choice are present. Sentence structure may be occasionally ineffective or inappropriate. The writer exhibits some lack of control in using figures of speech appropriately. Sentence structure is correct and occasionally varies. Language is appropriate to the targeted audience for the most part. The writer is clearly aware of audience; uses a variety of sentence structures and appropriate vocabulary for the target audience, and uses figures of speech to communicate clearly. The writer uses a variety of sentence constructions, figures of speech, and word choice in unique and creative ways that are appropriate to purpose, discipline, and scope.
15.0 %Format
10.0 %Evaluating and Documenting Sources (includes use of appropriate style, correct citation format in-text and in reference section Plagiarism; rarely follows any documentation format correctly; uses non-credible sources. No References section. Uses documentation, but frequent formatting/citation errors are present; some sources have questionable credibility. Reference section is not correctly cited. Sources used are credible and documented appropriately to the discipline; formatting and citation is usually correct, but some lack of control is apparent. Reference section is correctly cited. Documentation is appropriate and formatting/citations are correct, although a few errors/typos may be present; most sources are authoritative. Reference section is correctly cited. There are virtually no errors in documentation format or citation; all sources are authoritative. Reference section is correctly cited and at least 3 references are used
3.0 %Title page No title page. None Title page is incomplete or inaccurate. Title page has minor errors. Title page is complete.
2.0 %Page constraint Information presented does not meet minimum assigned length of 500 words. None Information presented exceeds 1000 words. None Information is presented within word limit constraints of 1000 words.
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