Volume II of Medicare: A Strategy for Quality Assurance provides extensive source materials on quality assurance, including results of focus groups with the elderly and practicing physicians, findings from public hearings on quality of care for the elderly, and many exhibits from site visits and the literature on quality measurements and assurance tools. The current Medicare peer review organization program and related hospital accreditation efforts are comprehensively described as background for the recommendations in Volume I of this report. Like the companion volume, this substantial book will be a valuable reference document for all groups concerned with quality of health care and the elderly.

Table of Contents


Front Matter
1. Overview of the Study to Design a Strategy for Quality Review and Assurance in Medicare
2. Oral and Written Testimony from the Public Hearings
3. Results of the Medicare Beneficiary and Physician Focus Groups
4. Site Visits
5. Defining Quality of Care
6. A Quality Assurance Sampler: Methods, Data, and Resources
7. Medicare Conditions of Participation and Accreditation for Hospitals
8. The Utilization and Quality Control Peer Review Organization Program
Index