title: Business coalitions on health care. An evolution from cost containment to quality improvement.
abstract: Business coalitions on health were unable to achieve community wide savings in health care costs in the 1980s. Some coalitions are using TQM/CQI to achieve high quality health care at a reduced cost. Although too recent to determine its success, the use of TQM/CQI in employer-provider partnerships built on trust and good data systems may be the best hope for private sector health care system reform. Health professionals knowledgeable about TQM/CQI can play an important role in helping their employers make new relationships with health care providers work.
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authors.lastname: Rooney
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003256:Community Participation; D003363:Cost Control; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends