PHYS THER
Vol. 88, No. 9, September 2008, pp. 1007-1009
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20070110.ic2
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Julie M Fritz

JM Fritz, PT, PhD, ATC, is Associate Professor, Division of Physical Therapy, University of Utah, and Clinical Outcomes Research Scientist, Intermountain Health Care, 520 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108 (USA)


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The quality of health care provided to Americans has been receiving an increasing degree of scrutiny. Increased attention to quality, along with improved measurement methods, have raised concerns that the quality of health care provided for even the most common conditions is inconsistent, unpredictable, and often suboptimal.1,2 With a larger proportion of health care costs being shifted to the consumer, concerns about quality of care are adversely affecting consumer satisfaction. Americans’ dissatisfaction with the health care system has doubled since 1998.3 Quality concerns also are influencing reimbursement and regulatory agencies. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and various state agencies are disseminating quality data and exploring value-based payment (ie, pay-for-performance) initiatives to encourage higher-quality care through financial incentives to providers. These initiatives will increasingly affect physical therapy. The quality of physical therapy care has not been scrutinized to the extent of the quality of care of other providers, which . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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Physical Therapy, September 1, 2008; 88(9): 1009 - 1011.
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