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Front Matter i-x
Part 1: Introduction 1-2
1. Introduction 3-6
2. The Institute of Medicine Report 7-14
Part 2: New Directions: More Professionalism, Less Regulation 15-17
3. The Committee View 18-21
4. A Response 22-26
Part 3: New Directions: Organization- and System-Focused Quality Improvement 27-30
5. The Committee View 31-36
6. A Response 37-44
Part 4: New Directions: Improved Decision-Making by Patients and Clinicians 45-47
7. The Committee View 48-53
8. A Response 54-58
Part 5: New Directions: A Patient Outcomes Orientation 59-62
9. The Committee View 63-72
10. A Response 73-78
Part 6: New Directions: Public Accountability and Program Evaluation 79-81
11. The Committee View 82-85
12. A Response 86-90
Part 7: Confronting Special Implementation Issues 91-95
13. The Epidemiology of Quality Problems 96-104
14. Legal Concerns 105-115
15. Translating the Institute of Medicine Report 116-126
Part 8: New Directions: The Research, Training, and Capacity Building Agendas 127-129
16. Research and Capacity Building: Issues Raised by the Institute of Medicine Report 130-139
17. The Research Agenda: An Outside View 140-144
18. The Training and Capacity Building Agendas: An Outside View 145-150
Part 9: Response to the Institute of Medicine Report Recommendations 151-154
19. A Legislator's Response to the Institute of Medicine Report 155-160
20. A Legislator's Response to the Institute of Medicine Report 161-166
21. A Physician's Response to the Institute of Medicine Report 167-173
22. An Administration Response to the Institute of Medicine Report from the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research 174-178
23. An Administration Response to the Institute of Medicine Report from the Health Care Financing Administration 179-185
24. A Peer Review Organization Response to the Institute of Medicine Report 186-190
Part 10: Where Do We Go From Here? 191-193
25. Where Do We Go From Here? 194-197
26. Where Do We Go From Here? 198-204
List of Authors 205-208

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Medicare: New Directions in Quality Assurance Proceedings (1991)

Chapter: Part 1: Introduction

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