title: Following the bouncing ball of quality.
abstract: Quality of health care is important to all individuals. As an area of research and evaluation, quality is of considerable interest to a wide variety of professionals. Increasingly, independent assessments of the quality care have become important components of purchasing for employers and consumers. This article offers a personal perspective on the emerging trends in quality and identifies several related implications, with behavioral health examples, as well as opportunities for interested evaluation researchers.
authors: Rockburn Institute, Elkridge, Maryland, USA.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Genovich-Richards
mesh_terms: D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D012106:Research; D014481:United States