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Studies over the past decade show that some people are receiving more care than they need, and some are receiving less. Simple averages from a number of studies indicate that 50 percent of people received recommended preventive care; 70 percent, recommended acute care; 30 percent, contraindicated acute care; 60 percent, recommended chronic care; and 20 percent, contraindicated chronic care. These studies strongly suggest that the care delivered in the United States often does not meet professional standards. Efforts to measure quality and report routinely on the results to the public at large would allow more definitive assessments of the status of the nation's health care and would enable us to single out the areas in need of improvement.
M A Schuster, and
E A McGlynn, and
R H Brook
June 2010,
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M A Schuster, and
E A McGlynn, and
R H Brook
January 2012,
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M A Schuster, and
E A McGlynn, and
R H Brook
May 2001,
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M A Schuster, and
E A McGlynn, and
R H Brook
November 1991,
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M A Schuster, and
E A McGlynn, and
R H Brook
May 2014,
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M A Schuster, and
E A McGlynn, and
R H Brook
April 1999,
Russ Coile's health trends,
M A Schuster, and
E A McGlynn, and
R H Brook
November 2000,
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M A Schuster, and
E A McGlynn, and
R H Brook
January 1993,
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M A Schuster, and
E A McGlynn, and
R H Brook
June 1994,
Quality in health care : QHC,
M A Schuster, and
E A McGlynn, and
R H Brook
November 2003,
The New England journal of medicine,
