Concepedia

Assessing Health Quality — The Case for Tracers

David M. Kessner, Carolyn E. Kalk, James Singer

New England Journal of Medicine · 1973 · 386 citations · 11 references

Concepts

MedicineAudiologyOtolaryngologyHealth AssessmentOtologyAudiologic EvaluationEar ConditionsHearing ImpairmentHearing LossOtitis MediaEar SymptomsHealth Service Quality Assessment

Abstract

Abstract A set of specific health problems — called tracers — were selected by a set of criteria. The tracers include otitis media and associated hearing loss, visual disorders, iron-deficiency ane...

References

11

Evaluating the Quality of Medical Care

Avedis Donabedian · The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly · 1966 · 4.3K citations

Public Affairs, Health Services Administration, Quality Management +12

Promoting Quality through Evaluating the Process of Patient Care

Avedis Donabedian · Medical Care · 1968 · 250 citations

Public Affairs, Quality Management, Health Care Quality Management +15

Comparisons between OEO neighborhood health centers and other health care providers of ratings of the quality of health care.

Mildred A. Morehead, Rose Donaldson, Mary R. Seravalli · American Journal of Public Health · 1971 · 48 citations · Full text

Public Affairs, Health Systems, Health Assessment +16

Evaluating Quality of Medical Care in the Neighborhood Health Center Program of the Office of Economic Opportunity

Mildred A. Morehead · Medical Care · 1970 · 38 citations

Nursing, Health Administration, Health Care Management +15

End result measurements of quality of medical care.

Sam Shapiro · PubMed · 1967 · 36 citations

Public Affairs, Health Administration, Health Policy +7