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October 15, 1997, Tip Sheet for Annals of Internal Medicine Supplement
This supplement to Annals of Internal Medicine contains articles developed from the Sixth Regenstrief Conference, "Measuring Quality, Outcomes, and Cost of Care Using Large Databases," held September 4-6, 1996 at Turkey Run State Park, Marshall, Indiana.
Annals of Internal Medicine is published by the American College of Physicians (ACP), more than 100,000 physicians trained in internal medicine. The following highlights are not intended to substitute for articles as sources of information. For a copy of an article, call 1-800-523-1546, ext. 2656 or 215-351-2656. The full text of articles can be accessed on the Internet at http://www.acponline.org/journals/annals/annaltoc.htm
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Measuring Quality, Outcomes, and Cost of Care Using Large Databases
Articles generated from the Sixth Regenstrief Conference focus on both the strengths and the limitations of large databases to measure quality, outcomes, and costs in health care.
An initial article provides an overview about assessing quality using administrative data. (Article, p. 666.).
Articles are organized into the areas of databases, research, quality measurement and improvement, and statistical methods. Each of these four areas is summarized in a concluding piece highlighting the articles contained within that section.
(Database Standardization, Linkage, and the Protection of Privacy, p. 696.)
(Database Research: Is Happiness a Humongous Database? p. 725.)
(Measuring Plans and Measuring Health, p. 751.)
(Biostatistics to Improve the Power of Large Databases, p. 769.)
A closing article discusses the future of databases in the next millennium. (The Future, p. 770.)
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