Care that Matters: Quality Measurement and Health Care

Affiliations

¹ Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America.
² Swedish Cherry Hill Family Medicine Residency, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
³ Freelance Science Writer, Paxton, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Barry G Saver et al. PLoS Med. 2015.

. 2015 Nov 17;12(11):e1001902.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001902. eCollection 2015 Nov.

¹ Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America.
² Swedish Cherry Hill Family Medicine Residency, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
³ Freelance Science Writer, Paxton, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Abstract

Barry Saver and colleagues caution against the use of process and performance metrics as health care quality measures in the United States.

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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