Is quality of healthcare improving in the US?

Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care

Robbins RA¹ 

[1] Phoenix Pulmonary and Critical Care Research and Education Foundation, Gilbert, AZ USA;

关键词: healthcare;    quality;    mortality;    inpatient;    hospital value based purchasing;    life expectancy;    patient;    ratings;    cost;    satisfaction;   

DOI  :  10.13175/swjpcc110-16

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Politicians and healthcare administrators have touted that under their leadership enormous strides have been made in the quality of healthcare. However, the question of how to measure quality remains ambiguous. To demonstrate improved quality that is meaningful to patients, outcomes such as life expectancy, mortality, and patient satisfaction must be validly and reliably measured. Dramatic improvements made in many of these patient outcomes through the twentieth century have not been sustained through the twenty-first. Most studies have shown no, or only modest improvements in the past several years, and at a considerable increase in cost. These data suggest that the rate of healthcare improvement is slowing and that many of the quality improvements touted have not been associated with improved outcomes.

【 授权许可】

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