Leadership by Example
Subtitle: Coordinating Government Roles in Improving Health Care Quality (Quality Chasm)
Contributors: Janet M. Corrigan (Editor); Jill Eden (Editor); Barbara M. Smith (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: May 23, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780309086189
Subjects: Hospital administration & management; Public health & preventive medicine; Evaluation Of Health Services; Health Care Policy; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Sociology; USA; Health Care Delivery; Medicaid & Medicare; Health Policy; Health Risk Assessment; Government Programs; Health Care Reform; Medical policy; National health services; United States
Description: "Leadership by Example explores how the federal government can leverage its unique position as regulator, purchaser, provider, and research sponsor to improve care throughout the nation's health care system. The book describes six major government programs and the populations they serve: Medicare (elderly), Medicaid (low income), SCHIP (children), VHA (veterans), TRICARE (individuals in the military and their dependents), and IHS (Native Americans). It then examines the steps each program takes to assure and improve safety and quality of care."--BOOK JACKET.