Department of Medicine

Steven Asch

Publication Details

  • Quality by any other name?: a comparison of three profiling systems for assessing health care quality.

    Kerr EA, Hofer TP, Hayward RA, Adams JL, Hogan MM, McGlynn EA, Asch SM. Health Serv Res. 2007; 42 (5): 2070-87

    Many performance measurement systems are designed to identify differences in the quality provided by health plans or facilities. However, we know little about whether different methods of performance measurement provide similar answers about the quality of care of health care organizations. To examine this question, we used three different measurement approaches to assess quality of care delivered in veteran affairs (VA) facilities.

    PubMedID: 17850534

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