Research Catalog

Title

Quality of care for general medical conditions : a review of the literature and quality indicators / Eve A. Kerr [and others], editors.

Publication

Santa Monica, CA : RAND Health, 2000.

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Additional Authors

• Kerr, Eve A.
• RAND Health.
• United States. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Description

xviii, 479 pages; 28 cm.

Summary

This report is one of five volumes providing detailed information on the QA Tools, RAND's comprehensive, clinically based system for assessing quality of care for children and adults. The QA Tools indicators encompass screening, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up in 46 clinical areas and cover a variety of modes of providing care, including history, physical examination, laboratory study, medication, and other interventions and contacts. Development of each indicator was based on the ratings of a panel of experts in the relevant fields and on a focused review of the scientific literature, which is clearly documented for each clinical condition. This volume focuses on indicators for care of general medical conditions. Each chapter summarizes the results of the literature review for a particular condition, provides RAND staff's recommended indicators based on that review, and notes the level of scientific evidence supporting each indicator along with the relevant citations. In addition, this work details the process by which the expert panel evaluated the indicators and the final disposition of each indicator. Clinical conditions covered in this volume are: Acne, alcohol dependence, allergic rhinitis, benign prostatic hyperplasia, cataracts, cholelithiasis, dementia, depression, diabetes mellitus, hormone replacement therapy, headache, hip fracture, hysterectomy, inguinal hernia, acute low back pain, orthopedic conditions. Other RAND Health titles on the QA Tools system focus on indicators for children and adolescents, oncology and HIV, cardiopulmonary conditions, and women.

Series Statement

Rand health

Uniform Title

Rand health.

Subject

• Medical care > United States > Evaluation
• Medical care > United States > Quality control
• Health status indicators > United States
• Medical care > Quality control
• Clinical Medicine > standards
• Quality of Health Care > standards
• Quality Assurance, Health Care
• Quality Indicators, Health Care
• MEDICAL > Health Policy
• Health status indicators
• Medical care > Evaluation
• United States
• United States

Genre/Form

Review

Note

• "Supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality."
• "MR-1280-AHRQ"--P. 4 of cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Preface -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Acne -- 2. Alcohol dependence -- 3. Allergic rhinitis -- 4. Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) -- 5. Cataracts -- 6. Cholelithiasis -- 7. Dementia -- 8. Depression -- 9. Diabetes mellitus -- 10. Hormone replacement therapy -- 11. Headache -- 12. Hip fracture -- 13. Hysterectomy -- 14. Inguinal hernia -- 15. Low back pain (acute) -- 16. Orthopedic conditions -- 17. Osteoarthritis treatment -- 18. Dyspepsia and peptic ulcer disease -- 19. Preventive care -- 20. Vaginitis and sexually transmitted diseases -- 21. Urinary tract infection -- 22. Vertigo and dizziness -- Appendix A: Panel rating summary by condition -- Appendix B: Crosswalk table of original and final indicators.

ISBN

• 9780833029164
• 0833029169

LCCN

00712741

OCLC

• ocm45579195
• 45579195
• SCSB-1144486

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library