Preparing for the 21st Century

Focusing on Quality in a Changing Health Care System

  • Cover

  • Background

  • Introduction

  • Measuring the Quality of Care is Necessary to Promote Improvements

  • Accountability for Quality of Care Under Medicare Should Be Strengthened

  • A Carefully Constructed Knowledge Base is Needed to Improve the Quality of Medical Practice

  • Conclusion

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