Watching the doctor-watchers. How well do peer review organization methods detect hospital care quality problems?
JAMAPublished 6 May 1992
Haya R. Rubin
Citations124
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score5.35
SNIP10.71
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Abstract
Most of all, this PRO review process would be improved by additional preliminary screens to identify the 67% of records that the study judged below standard but that passed its initial screening. The screening process also must be more accurate in order to be cost-effective, as it was only slightly better than random sampling at correctly identifying below standard care. More reproducible physician review is also needed and might be accomplished through improved reviewer selection and training, a structured review method, and more physician reviewers per record.
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