Asthma Quality of Care

Recent findings from Kaiser Permanente highlight research in asthma quality of care

Published in Health Business Week, January 12th, 2007

Data detailed in "The quality of obstructive lung disease care for adults in the United States as measured by adherence to recommended processes" have been presented. "The extent to which patients with obstructive lung disease receive recommended processes of care is largely unknown. We assessed the quality of care delivered to a national sample of the US population," scientists writing in the journal Chest report.

"We extracted medical records for 2 prior years from consenting participants in a random telephone survey in 12 communities and measured the quality of care provided with 45 explicit, process-based quality indicators for asthma and COPD developed using...

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Source: Health Business Week (2007-01-12)

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