title: Quality indicators: how well do they work in women?
abstract: Quality in medical care can be assessed by using evidence-based guidelines as the foundation for performance measures with a scientific base. Quality indicators are not currently reported back to institutions by gender, potentially perpetuating the disparity in outcomes for women by forgoing an opportunity to improve care and assure quality is gender-neutral.
authors.affiliation: Mid America Heart Institute at St. Luke's Hospital, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri 64111, USA. c1decker@saint-lukes.org
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Decker
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012107:Research Design