Look beyond volume for quality measures, studies say.(Quality Measurement)
Publication: Medicine & Health
Publication Date: 19-JAN-04
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Two new studies show that the number of procedures a hospital performs in a given area is at best a rough proxy for quality of care and can be a misleading statistic. Direct indicators of outcome--such as patient death rates--and process measurements work much better, according to the studies published...
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