Objective: Collaborative chronic care models (CCMs) improve outcome in chronic medical
illnesses and depression treated in primary care settings. The effect of such models across …

A consistent finding in articles on quality improvement in health care is that change is difficult
to achieve. According to the research literature, the majority of interventions are targeted at …

Health care is rich in evidence-based innovations, yet even when such innovations are
implemented successfully in one location, they often disseminate slowly—if at all. Diffusion …

In this review, we aim to focus attention on the interaction between adolescents with chronic
conditions and the health systems that support them. At least 12% of adolescents live with a …

Background Pay-for-performance (P4P) is one of the primary tools used to support
healthcare delivery reform. Substantial heterogeneity exists in the development and …

Background: Most physicians and hospitals are paid the same regardless of the quality of
the health care they provide. This produces no financial incentives and, in some cases …

Objectives: To investigate the relationship between accumulated health‐related problems
(deficits), which define a frailty index in older adults, and mortality in population‐based and …

In a joint effort between the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine,
this books attempts to bridge the knowledge/awareness divide separating health care …

Quality of Care Page 1 Variation in Health Care Spending Joseph P. Newhouse January 4,
2015 Page 2 The Dartmouth Atlas ● For decades a group at Dartmouth Medical School has …

Background/Objectives: The importance of teams for improving quality of care has received
increased attention. We examine both the correlates of self-assessed or perceived team …