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NEJM books sold exclusively through Marcel Dekker, Inc.
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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    Product Details
    • ISBN-13: 9780910133401
    • Publisher: New England Journal of Medicine
    • Publisher Imprint: New England Journal of Medicine
    • Language: English
    • Returnable: N
    • ISBN-10: 0910133409
    • Publisher Date: 01 Mar 1999
    • Binding: Paperback
    • No of Pages: 77
    • Weight: 272 gr


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