Measuring Quality of Ambulatory Health Care by Patient Condition at Time of Hospitalization. Volume III: Relationship to Process Measures of Ambulatory Health Care

摘要

Patient ambulatory care histories are compared to condition at time of hospitalization, measured by the staging technique, in this second phase of a two-phase study. In Phase 1, the distribution of patient condition (stage) was examined across a variety of hospital types and ambulatory care settings. Significant differences were found; however, the reasons for these differences were not clear. Were they caused by disease progression, patient unwillingness to seek timely care, quality of physician care, institutional problems, or a combination of the above.