… will be addressed: What is quality assurance? What quality assurance mechanisms already
exist in medical care? What is the quality assurance model? What dilemmas does it raise? …

This article classifies the major approaches to the assessment of the process and outcomes
of medical care. The apparent need to safeguard and enhance the quality of care has led to …

… theory, concept, and measurement of medical care quality may not find new revelations in
this … quality of medical care, as have many previous generations of health-care professionals. …

… quality" in this review, beyond the com monly accepted understanding that quality of
medical care connotes correct evaluation and efficacious treatment of each patient's medical …

… Health care practitioners are con-cerned with the welfare of their patients, and patients are …
care, of the quality of care, and of the improvements in health that hinge on access and quality…

… and ensuring the quality of medical care for elderly … quality of medical care for Medicare
enrollees is not bad, it could be improved; that the current system to assess and ensure quality is …

… about quality assurance and management in health care as … profession and the quality of
oral health care provided by … literature review on quality assurance and quality management. A …

… for quality control in medical care, conceptual and methodologic problems have resulted
in the opinion that medical care evaluation and quality assurance activities are ineffective (9). …

… assessment measures and perhaps monitors the quality of medical care, while quality
assurance seeks to safeguard and improve quality." (p. 5)6 Focusing only on quality assessment, …

… With an operational quality assurance system in place, it will sooner or later become painfully
obvious to the public what the medical care system is or is not doing and can or cannot do. …