Abstract
Prologue: Defining the quality of medical care seems to be almost as elusive as measuring it In any event, there is no question that the issues surrounding quality touch on a wide variety of questions that impinge on the future configuration of America's health care system. In this overview paper, Kathleen Lohr, Karl Yordy, and Samuel Thier explore these issues, many of which are discussed at greater length in subsequent papers. Lohr, who holds a doctorate in public policy analysis from The RAND Graduate School, is a senior professional associate at the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine (IOM) with responsibilities in several areas, including directing a new study of quality of medical care and participating actively in the IOM's Council on Health Care Technology. Previously, Lohr spent twelve years at The RAND Corporation and was heavily involved in its landmark health insurance experiment Yordy, who holds degrees from Princeton and Harvard universities, is director of the IOM's Division ...
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