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How Good Is the Quality of Health Care in the United States?
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Studies over the past decade show that some people are receiving more care than they need, and some are receiving less. Simple averages from a number of studies indicate that 50 percent of people received recommended preventive care; 70 percent, recommended acute care; 30 percent, contraindicated acute care; 60 percent, recommended chronic care; and 20 percent, contraindicated chronic care. These studies strongly suggest that the care delivered in the United States often does not meet professional standards. Efforts to measure quality and report routinely on the results to the public at large would allow more definitive assessments of the status of the nation's health care and would enable us to single out the areas in need of improvement.
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- Authors
- Schuster, M. A., McGlynn, E. A., & Brook, R. H.
- Venue
- The Milbank Quarterly
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1998-12
- Volume
- 76
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 517-563
- ISSN
- 0887-378X (ISSN-L)
- 1468-0009
- OpenAlex
- W2142590599
- Cited by
- 908
- References
- 70
- FWCI
- 66.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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