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A Strategy for Quality Assurance, Volume II : Sources and Methods.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington :
National Academies Press,
1990.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Medicare
- Copyright
- Contents
- 1 Overview Of The Study To Design A Strategy For Quality Review And Assurance In Medicare
- STUDY COMMITTEE AND TECHNICAL ADVISORY PANEL
- CONDUCT OF THE STUDY
- Phases Of The Study
- Data Collection And Other Study Activities
- Main Study Tasks
- Hospital Conditions Of Participation
- Medicare Peer Review Organizations
- CONCLUDING REMARKS
- 2 Oral And Written Testimony From The Public Hearings
- METHODS
- Invitations To Submit Testimony
- Respondents To The Invitations
- Types Of Documents Submitted
- Development And Testing Of Abstract FormData Base System
- Limitations Of The Analysis
- FINDINGS
- Main Themes
- Gaps In Information
- Peer Review
- Access Issues
- Patient-Physician Relationship
- Role Of The Elderly In Quality Assessment And Assurance And Health Care Decision Making
- Interrelationship Of Quality, Costs, And Financing
- Patient-Centered Quality Assurance System
- Clinical Guidelines, Specialty Board Certification, And Credentialing
- Need To Measure, Demonstrate, And Prove Performance Competency
- Assessing The Needs Of The ElderlyContinuous Quality Improvement
- Responses To Specific Questions
- Defining Quality Of Care
- Assessment Of Contemporary Health Care
- Cost Containment And Quality Health Care
- Medicare Benefits
- Costs Of Quality Assessment And Assurance Activities
- Assessment Of Adequacy Of Quality Assessment And Assurance
- Comments Of Pros
- Comments of Superpro
- Comments Of Other Groups Conducting External Quality Reviews
- Comments Of Third-Party Payers And Purchasers
- Comments Of Direct Care Providers
- Most Effective And Least Effective ActivitiesAdequacy Of Current Level Of Quality Assessment
- Adequacy Of Current Quality Assessment And Assurance Tools Or Methods
- Coordinating Quality Assessment And Assurance Activities
- Recommendations
- Recommendations For Improving The Quality Of Health Care Generally
- Recommendations Concerning Broad Quality-Of-Care Topics
- Recommendations Concerning Quality Assessment Methods
- Recommendations Concerning Specific Quality Assurance Activities
- Recommendations For Research And Development
- CONCLUDING REMARKS
- Appendix A Guidelines For Written Testimony A Study To Design A Strategy For Quality Review And Assurance In MedicarePART A. BACKGROUND
- PART B. KEY QUESTIONS
- PART C. FORMAT
- Appendix B Organizations Submitting Testimony
- 3 Results of The Medicare Beneficiary and Physician Focus Groups
- BENEFITS AND LIMITATIONS OF FOCUS GROUPS
- STUDY METHODS
- Subcontractor Selection
- Focus Group Site Selection
- Development Of The Moderator's Guide
- The Recruiting Process
- Focus Group Composition