The Edgewood Health Plan uses a combination of structural, process, outcomes, and customer satisfaction measures to evaluate its network providers' performance. Edgewood would correctly use outcomes measures to evaluate a provider's
A) Compliance with specific regulatory or accrediting requirement
B) Appropriate use of specified procedures
C) Patient progress following treatment
D) Patient perceptions about how well the provider addresses medical problems

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Outcomes measures are used to evaluate the results of medical treatment or services provided to patients. Therefore, patient progress following treatment would be the best use of outcomes measures. Compliance with specific regulatory or accrediting requirements would be evaluated using structural measures, appropriate use of specified procedures would be evaluated using process measures, and patient perceptions would be evaluated using customer satisfaction measures.

The Edgewood Health Plan Uses a Combination of Structural, Process