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. 1981 Fall-Winter;3(3-4):137-55.
doi: 10.1007/BF00917038.

Patients' rights and physician accountability: problems with PSROs

Robert M Veatch

Patients' rights and physician accountability: problems with PSROs

Robert M Veatch. Bioethics Q. 1981 Fall-Winter.

Abstract

KIE: Professional Standards Review Organizations (PSRO's) were established by federal legislation in 1972 to provide a mechanism for review, by locally-established groups of physicians, of the quality and appropriateness of care received by patients under Medicare or Medicaid. The author explores four normative problems associated with PSRO's: the problem of bureaucracy incapable of responding to individual needs; the problem of cost consciousness overcoming the commitment to quality; the problem of interfering with other societal values and goals; and the problem of value judgments being made by professionals rather than patients.

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