title: Quality assurance in ambulatory care.
abstract: Many of the methods for evaluating the quality of ambulatory care are costly, cumbersome, and possibly counterproductive. Major developments in evaluating the quality of the doctor-patient relationship are needed before a general assessment of the quality of ambulatory care is possible. Nonetheless, limited reviews based on insurance claims data can efficiently improve certain aspects of ambulatory care.
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000592:standards*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010380:Peer Review; D011361:Professional Competence; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States