Use of Public Performance Reports
Open Access
- 27 May 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA)
- Vol. 279 (20) , 1638-1642
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.279.20.1638
Abstract
INFORMATION on the quality of care provided by physicians, hospitals, and health plans has traditionally been collected for internal quality assurance and has almost always remained confidential.1 However, the last decade has seen explosive growth in the publication of reports on the quality of care.2 Large-scale purchasers of health care services have driven the process, but state health agencies and traditional accrediting bodies are now demanding that health care providers furnish performance data for public use.3,4Keywords
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