How Does The Quality Of Care Compare In Five Countries?

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Health Affairs, Vol 23, Issue 3, 89-99
Copyright © 2004 by Project HOPE
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.23.3.89

How Does The Quality Of Care Compare In Five Countries?
Peter S. Hussey, Gerard F. Anderson, Robin Osborn, Colin Feek, Vivienne
McLaughlin, John Millar and Arnold Epstein

International data on quality of medical care allow countries to compare their
performance to that of other countries. The Commonwealth Fund International
Working Group on Quality Indicators collected data on twenty-one indicators that
reflect medical care in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, England, and the United
States. The indicators include five-year cancer relative survival rates,
thirty-day case-fatality rates after acute myocardial infarction and stroke,
breast cancer screening rates, and asthma mortality rates. No country scores
consistently the best or worst overall. Each country has at least one area of
care where it could learn from international experiences and one area where its
experiences could teach others.

http://www.cmwf.org/programs/international/internationalha_index.asp

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