December 1998  (Volume 76)

Paul D. Cleary, 

In This Issue

Mark A. Schuster,  Elizabeth A. McGlynn,  Robert H. Brook, 

How Good Is the Quality of Health Care in the United States?

Featured Article

Mark R. Chassin, 

Is Health Care Ready for Six Sigma Quality?

Stephen M. Shortell,  Charles L. Bennett,  Gayle R. Byck, 

Assessing the Impact of Continuous Quality Improvement on Clinical Practice: What It Will Take to Accelerate Progress

David Blumenthal,  Charles M. Kilo, 

A Report Card on Continuous Quality Improvement

R. Adams Dudley,  Robert H. Miller,  Tamir Y. Korenbrot,  Harold S. Luft, 

The Impact of Financial Incentives on Quality of Health Care

Jane E. Sisk, 

Increased Competition and the Quality of Health Care

Troyen A. Brennan, 

The Role of Regulation in Quality Improvement

Patrick H. Mattingly, 

Observations from the Field

Catherine G. McLaughlin,  Paul B. Ginsburg, 

Competition, Quality of Care, and the Role of the Consumer

Velvet G. Miller, 

Regulatory Realities and Hopes

Featured Article

Charles R. Buck, 

Health Care through a Six Sigma Lens

Helen Darling, 

Continuous Quality Improvement: Does It Make a Difference?

Featured Article

Molly Joel Coye,  Don E. Detmer, 

Quality at a Crossroads