Quality assurance in ambulatory care.
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.
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