Americans receive only about half of the recommended care they should receive. Adopting quality improvement strategies, reducing racial and ethnic disparities in care, and changing how care is delivered at the local level can improve the care all Americans receive.
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A report from the Dartmouth Atlas Project shows that the supply of hospital beds and doctors varies widely from region to region across the United States, and the variations have nothing to do with the level of care patients want or need.
November 10, 2010 | Chart
Hospitals join national effort to lift the overall quality of health care in targeted communities.
June 1, 2009 | Chart
Potentially avoidable complications account for 14 percent of the average total cost of hip replacement in the United States.
February 24, 2009 | Chart
A compendium of materials, including an interactive map, provides data on Medicare spending levels and growth rates for U.S. hospital referral regions and states.
September 1, 2004 | Chart
The current U.S. health care system is not structured to adequately meet the needs of the growing number of people with chronic conditions. In 2004, almost half of all Americans, or 133 million people, live with a chronic condition. That number is p ...