Commonwealth Fund/Nuffield Trust International Conference on Health Care Quality Improvement, 2009
Award Amount:
$75,000
Approval Date:
November 11, 2008
Start Date:
December 1, 2008
End Date:
December 31, 2009
The Nuffield Trust
59 New Cavendish Street
London, United Kingdom W1G 7LP
Principal Investigator:
Jennifer Dixon
The annual symposia on health care quality improvement sponsored by The Commonwealth Fund and the United Kingdom's Nuffield Trust have provided a unique opportunity to build relationships among senior policymakers in the United States and the United Kingdom, showcase innovations in quality improvement, and facilitate the exchange of ideas on what works and what does not. The theme of the 10th conference will be the use of incentives and provider payment policies to improve quality, promote integration of care, and control costs for chronically ill patients. Insights gained from the meeting will inform thinking on U.S. health care reform and the work of the Fund's Commission on a High Performance Health System.