Development of hospital levels of care criteria.
A modification of the Nominal Group/Delphi Technique can be applied to the problem of developing among physicians levels-of-care criteria for use in "concurrent review" activities. UR requirements can be rationalized through a process that uses physicians' scarce time effectively, allows for cyclical feedback on their peers' views, and insures input from both dominant and reticent individuals.
D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000592:standards*; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000592:standards*; D011366:Professional Review Organizations; D014481:United States; D014600:Utilization Review / Q000379:methods*