Interpreting the Volume: Outcome Relationship in the Context of Health CareQuality. Workshop Summary

摘要

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) held a workshop on May 11, 2000, to review thecurrent understanding of the relationship between volume of health services and health-related outcomes; assess the potential health policy implications of the use of volume as an indicator of quality of care; and identify needed areas for future research relative to volume and quality of care. The workshop was jointly sponsored by IOM's Committee on Quality of Health Care in America and the National Cancer Policy Board, with financial support from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The workshop was structured around presentations of two background papers: a cross-disciplinary, systematic review of the published research literature conducted by Drs. Ethan Halm, Clara Lee, and Mark Chassin of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and a synthesis of the literature relevant to policy issues by Dr. Adams Dudley and colleagues from the University of California, San Francisco.