title: Academy begins search for operational model.
abstract: Very much in vogue these days is discussion of the tensions between quality and costs in the delivery of health care services. A recurring problem, however, is the absence of any clear definition of exactly how quality and cost are interrelated. The beginnings of a model for that definition were presented at one of the courses at this year's National Institute on Health Care Leadership and Management in Point Clear, Ala.
mesh_terms: D004470:Economics, Medical; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States