Epidemiology of Quality

APPLICATIONS OF EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES ; Quality: The Questions We Must Ask ; Epidemiological Concepts in the Measurement of Health Care Quality ; Indicators of Performance or the Search for the Best Pointer Dog ; Survey Methods for Quality Improvement Professionals ; Designing Quality Management Programs for Today and Tomorrow ; Comparative Performance Measurement for Health Plans ; Closing the Loop: Are Clinical Pathways Our Most Comprehensive Approach To Measuring and Enhancing Performance? ; REPORTS FROM THE FIELD ; Hospital Use of Clinical and Organizational Performance Indicators ; Collecting and Reporting of Patient Outcomes ; The Measurement and Management of the Quality of Ambulatory Services: A Population-Based Approach ; Approaches to Quality Improvement in the British National Health Service ; The Public Health Paradigm ; Measurable Accountability in an Era of Health Care Reform ; Quality and Community Accountability: A View of the American Hospital Association ; From Theory to Practice: Managing Quality Under Cost Constraints ; Beyond the Hospital Door