Quality Measurement

• Clinician's Computer-Assisted Guide to the Choice of Instruments for Quality of Life Assessment in Medicine

Hospital Quality

• "Pharmacist Participation on Physician Rounds and Adverse Drug Events in the Intensive Care Unit" (JAMA, 7/21/99)
• "Impact of Risk-Adjusting Cesarean Delivery Rates when Reporting Hospital Performance" (JAMA: 6/24/98)
• "America's Best Hospitals" (U.S. News and World Report)
• Complete Hospital Rankings
• Hospitals and surgeons with a high volume of patients had the best records

Physician Quality

• Florida On-Line Physician Profiles
• Physician Profiling (JAMA)
• Public Citizen Releases Annual Ranking of State Medical Boards' Effectiveness in Disciplining Doctors
• Are Medical Residents Overworked? (Duke University Capstone Report 05/00)

Nursing Home Quality

• Nursing Homes: Complaint Investigation Processes Often Inadequate to Protect Residents (GAO 3/99)
• Assisted Living: Quality-of-Care and Consumer Protection Issues (GAO 4/99)
• Nursing Homes: Stronger Complaint and Enforcement Practices
• Nursing Homes: Additional Steps Needed to Strengthen Enforcement of Federal Quality Standards.