2003 Vermont Health Care Quality Report

The annual Vermont Health Care Quality Report measures health care quality and utilization across Vermont based on a set of commonly-used indicators. In addition, the report highlights specific efforts VPQHC and others have undertaken to improve health care quality for Vermonters.  

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2003 Quality Report (entire report 5.5MB) for smaller files click individual chapters below

Table of Contents

Introduction

Focus on Quality: Recommendations for 2003

Improvement Aims for Vermont's Health Care System 

Safety 

Patient-centeredness

Timeliness

Efficiency and Resource Consumption 

Equity 

Effectiveness

Maternal child health

Diabetes

Cancer

Respiratory disease

Heart disease

Behavioral health care

Oral health

Long term care

End of Life 

Data Sources 

Bibliography

The Vermont Health Care Quality Reports are available in Adobe Acrobat Reader format courtesy Editing & Design, of Montpelier, Vermont.

Email: mail@vpqhc.org
Phone: 802.229.2152
Fax: 802.229.5098

Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care, Inc.
132 Main Street, P.O. Box 1356, Montpelier, VT 05601