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Quality of Care
Council on Medical Service
JAMA. 1986;256(8):1032-1034.
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AS GOVERNMENT, business, and other payers search for methods to reduce their health care costs, and as competition intensifies in the health sector, efforts to preserve the quality of health care will become increasingly important. Pressure will grow for changes in delivery and financing systems that may tend to reduce the quality of care provided. Public debate will increasingly focus on how to define and measure quality, as health professionals, payers, and consumers address such issues as ensuring quality of care in contracting with provider groups; deceptiveness of advertisements stating that certain providers give "the highest quality health care available"; the feasibility of incorporating a measure of quality in reimbursing hospitals or any other health care providers; and evaluating the effectiveness of various treatment modalities and delivery systems.
The Council believes that the challenge posed by this evolving health care environment is threefold: to foster a broader public understanding of
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Author Affiliations
From the Council on Medical Service, American Medical Association, Chicago.
Footnotes
Report A of the Council on Medical Service, adopted by the House of Delegates of the American Medical Association at the Annual Meeting, June 18, 1986.
Reprint requests to Council on Medical Service, American Medical Association, 535 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60610 (Nicholas Griffin).
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