title: The pursuit of quality by business coalitions: a national survey.
abstract: The extent to which business coalitions and their employer members are catalysts for improving quality of care is of interest to policymakers, who need to know where and under what circumstances the marketplace succeeds on its own in assuring quality. Using data from the 1998 National Business Coalition on Health annual survey, this paper indicates that most coalitions have an infrastructure in place that could be tapped to advance quality goals. Although the survey data cannot tell us the extent to which coalitions are exercising their enhanced market influence specifically to improve quality, interviews with coalition leaders provide insights about how quality considerations can factor into coalition strategies.
authors.affiliation: Center for Organization and Delivery Studies, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR), Rockville, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McNamara
authors.forename: G O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Lehman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Isaacson
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Moler
mesh_terms: D017754:Group Purchasing / Q000458:organization & administration; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006265:Health Care Coalitions / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019981:Health Care Sector; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007857:Leadership; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States