title: PSRO: issues in health care policy.
abstract: Enactment of the law regarding Professional Standards Review Organizations (PSROs) represents a major shift in health care policy in the United States. PSRO is an experiment in developing a national quality assurance system. It raises issues of quality versus cost control, professional versus public accountability, and confidentiality. These issues must be examined critically by social workers.
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D010820:Physicians; D011364:Professional Practice; D011366:Professional Review Organizations / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration; D011640:Public Policy; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012947:Social Work; D014481:United States