title: Improving the quality of cancer care: crossroads or convergence?
abstract: Insurers and payers are demanding performance measurement, whereas professional boards are urging practice-based quality improvement projects. Will these two streams improve day-to-day practice or add administrative burden?
authors.affiliation: RAND Corporation; Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital; and Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Eric C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Schneider