Quality of care : selections from the New England Journal of Medicine
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Quality of care : selections from the New England Journal of Medicine
Massachusetts Medical Society, c1997
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Quality of Care compiles 18 distinguished essays published in The New England Journal of Medicine between October 1993 and October 1996-years marked by the substantial growth of managed care and its focus on the measurement of quality.
Filled with insightful commentaries and contrasting viewpoints, Quality of Care addresses
methods used to assess quality
applications of available measures
new approaches to measuring quality
the role of organizations that monitor managed-care plans
Table of Contents
The Quality of Care and the Quality of Measuring It, Jerome P. Kassirer
The Methodologic Foundations of Studies of the Appropriateness of Medical Care, Charles E. Phelps
What Physicians Know, Sandra J. Tanenbaum
Changing Physicians' Practices, Peter J. Greco and John M. Eisenberg
The Use and Abuse of Practice Profiles, Jerome P. Kassirer
Physician Profiling - An Analysis of Inpatient Practice Patterns in Florida and Oregon, H. Gilbert Welch, Mark K. Miller, and W. Pete Welch
Report Cards on Cardiac Surgeons - Assessing New York State's Approach, Jesse Green and Neil Wintfeld
Performance Reports on Quality - Prototypes, Problems, and Prospects, Arnold Epstein
Benefits and Hazards of Reporting Medical Outcomes Publicly, Mark R. Chassin, Edward L. Hannan, and Barbara A. DeBuono
Influence of Cardiac-Surgery Performance Reports on Referral Practices and Access to Care - A Survey of Cardiovascular Specialists, Eric C. Schneider and Arnold M. Epstein
Quality and the Medical Marketplace - Following Elephants, Marcia Angell and Jerome P. Kassirer
Part 1: Quality of Care - What Is It?, David Blumenthal
Part 2: Measuring Quality of Care, Robert H. Brook, Elizabeth A. McGlynn, and Paul D. Cleary
Part 3: Improving the Quality of Care, Mark R. Chassin
Part 4: The Origins of the Quality-of-Care Debate, David Blumenthal
Part 5: Payment of Capitation and Quality of Care, Donald M. Berwick
Part 6: The Role of Physicians in the Future of Quality Management, David Blumenthal and Arnold M. Epstein
The National Committee for Quality Assurance, John K. Iglehart
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