title: Pursuing excellence in healthcare delivery: American neurosurgery.
abstract: The field of healthcare delivery is a large one, and neurosurgical health services research can be said to have only just begun. This chapter briefly addresses 3 components of excellence in health care delivery-quality, access, and cost-from a neurosurgical perspective.
authors.affiliation: Pappas Center for Neuro-Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Fred G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Barker
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000592:standards*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States