Quality Assurance in the 20th Century: Will it Lead to Improved Health in the 21st,

Abstract

This paper reviews ongoing developments in measurement of the quality of medical care and efforts to assure the quality of medical care services in the United States. It recommends several topics in need of continued research to solve methods problems in measurement of the quality of care. The paper also proposes the outlines of a quality assurance system for the 1980s and beyond.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA026658

Entities

People

  • Allyson Davies Avery
  • Kathleen N. Williams
  • Robert H. Brook

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Continents
  • Geographic Regions
  • Measurement
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Political science

Readers

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  • Medical or Health Care Field.