The 2003 National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) represents the
first national comprehensive effort to measure the quality of health care in
America.
The 2003 National Healthcare Quality Report includes a broad
set of performance measures that can serve as baseline views of the four components
of quality of health care: effectiveness, safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.
The 2003 NHQR includes a report and two appendixes.
The report presents findings on the effectiveness of health care for nine
clinical conditions or care settings—cancer, diabetes, end-stage renal
disease, heart disease, HIV and AIDS, maternal and child health, mental health,
respiratory diseases, and nursing home and home health care—as well
as findings on patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.
Current as of November 2006
Internet Citation:
National Healthcare Quality Report, 2003. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nhqr03/nhqr03.htm
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