title: A prescription for national health care reform.
abstract: Insurance systems for controlling costs--quality assurance, preadmission clearance, length-of-stay control--actually add to costs, and also subtract from the quality of patient care. Step one: Eliminate those systems.
authors: Bronx Municipal Hospital, New York.
authors: Q B
authors: QB
authors: Deming
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006291:Health Policy; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics; D016304:Hospitals, Private; D006801:Humans; D007345:Insurance Claim Review; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000191:economics; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration; D011635:Public Health Administration; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014481:United States