Defining Quality in Medical Care

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1988 English Publisher:Health Affairs Publishing, LLCJournal:Health Affairs, volume 7, pages 49-61 (issn: 0278-2715, eissn: 1544-5208,

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Authors: P, Caper;

doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.7.1.49

pmid: 3360393

Defining Quality in Medical Care

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Abstract

Prologue: The quality of medical care rendered by physicians in and outside of hospitals has become a subject of increasing public and, more recently, private-sector concern. Until quite recently, ...

Keywords

Consumer Advocacy, Quality Assurance, Health Care, Physician's Role, United States, Quality of Health Care

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