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Interpreting the Volume-Outcome Relationship in the Context of Health Care Quality:

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Size: 128 pages, 8 1/2 x 11

Publication Year:2000

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by Maria Hewitt for the Committee on Quality of Health Care in America and the National Cancer Policy Board
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Table of Contents
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Front Matter	i-vi
Contents	vii-viii	(skim)
Abstract	1-1	(skim)
Introduction	1-2	(skim)
Why Does the Volume-Outcome Relationship Matter? Who Cares and How Could it Be Used?	3-3	(skim)
How is Volume Related to Quality in Health Care?	4-9	(skim)
What Are the Policy Implications of a Volume-Outcome Relationship?	10-16	(skim)
Where Do We Go From Here?	17-18	(skim)
Appendix A: Workshop Agenda and Participants	19-22	(skim)
Appendix B: Members of the Committee on Quality of Health Care in America and the National Cancer Policy Board	23-26	(skim)
Appendix C: How is Volume Related to Quality in Health Care? A Systematic Review of the Research Literature?	27-102	(skim)
Appendix D: When and How Should Purchasers Seek to Selectively Refer Patients to High-Quality Hospitals?	103-119	(skim)

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