Policy review proposes criteria for accountability measures in healthcare systems, suggesting strict standards prevent unintended adverse clinical consequences.
The authors argue that quality measures in health care should be based on strong evidence that a care process directly improves outcomes, should capture the actual performance of a process, should address a process proximate to the desired outcome, and should not have unintended adverse consequences.
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