FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Current and Future State of Performance Measurement and Reporting -- 3 Achieving a National System for Performance Measurement and Reporting -- 4 Moving Forward: What Should Be Measured? -- 5 Research Agenda -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Glossary -- Acronym List -- Appendix B National Organizations Involved in Performance Measurement -- Appendix C Case Studies -- Appendix D Ten Design Principles -- Appendix E Methodology and Analytic Frameworks -- Appendix F Commissioned Paper: Improving the Quality of Quality Measurement--John D. Birkmeyer, Eve A. Kerr, and Justin B. Dimick -- Appendix G Starter Set of Measures -- Appendix H Commissioned Paper: Efficiency/Value-Based Measures for Services, Defined Populations, Acute Episodes, and Chronic Conditions--Kyle L. Grazier -- Appendix I Commissioned Paper: Transitional Care Performance Measurement--Eric A. Coleman -- Appendix J Commissioned Paper: Palliative Care/End-of-Life Measures--Sydney Dy and Joanne Lynn -- Appendix K Biographical Sketches -- Index.