Document 0173
 DOCN  M9550173
 TI    Quality of care and HIV infection: theory and practice.
 DT    9505
 AU    Wilson IB; Primary Care Outcomes Research Institute, New England
       Medical; Center, Boston, MA 02111.
 SO    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 1995;8 Suppl 1:S31-44.
       Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/95136009
 AB    The first section of this article provides a brief, conceptually
       oriented overview of the state of the art in quality assessment. The
       second section examines what we know about quality assessment in HIV
       disease. The third section attempts to synthesize this information and
       make some practical recommendations. These recommendations are starting
       points on a road to understanding quality assessment in HIV disease, not
       a destination. Scant empiric data underpin these recommendations, and it
       is my expectation and hope that they will evoke discussion and debate.
       Although this article touches only briefly on quality improvement,
       decisions about what to do with the information gathered may be just as
       important as decisions about what to measure. The concepts described in
       the continuous quality improvement literature, even though they are only
       beginning to be applied to health care, may be an important guidepost on
       the road to improved quality.
 DE    Ambulatory Care  Data Collection  Health Services Research  Human  *HIV
       Infections  Inpatients  Managed Care Programs/*STANDARDS  *Outcome and
       Process Assessment (Health Care)  *Quality Assurance, Health Care
       United States  JOURNAL ARTICLE  REVIEW  REVIEW, ACADEMIC

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