Medicare: A Strategy for Quality Assurance : Sources and Methods Volume II - Hardcover

Institute Of Medicine; Committee To Design A Strategy For Quality Review And Assurance In Medicare

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0309042380 ISBN 13: 9780309042383

Publisher: National Academies Press, 1990

Synopsis

Volume II of Medicare: A Strategy for Quality Assurance provides extensive source materials on quality assurance, including results of focus groups with the elderly and practicing physicians, findings from public hearings on quality of care for the elderly, and many exhibits from site visits and the literature on quality measurements and assurance tools. The current Medicare peer review organization program and related hospital accreditation efforts are comprehensively described as background for the recommendations in Volume I of this report. Like the companion volume, this substantial book will be a valuable reference document for all groups concerned with quality of health care and the elderly.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• 1. Overview of the Study to Design a Strategy for Quality Review and Assurance in Medicare
• 2. Oral and Written Testimony from the Public Hearings
• 3. Results of the Medicare Beneficiary and Physician Focus Groups
• 4. Site Visits
• 5. Defining Quality of Care
• 6. A Quality Assurance Sampler: Methods, Data, and Resources
• 7. Medicare Conditions of Participation and Accreditation for Hospitals
• 8. The Utilization and Quality Control Peer Review Organization Program
• Index

About this title

About the Author:

Kathleen N. Lohr, Editor; Committee to Design a Strategy for Quality Review and Assurance in Medicare, Institute of Medicine

About this edition

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0309042380
• ISBN 13: 9780309042383
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 476
• Editor: Lohr Kathleen N