Health Care: Limited State Efforts to Assure Quality of Care Outside Hospitals

HRD-90-53 Published: Jan 30, 1990. Publicly Released: Mar 02, 1990.

Highlights

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO assessed state requirements relating to quality assurance for health care delivered by both freestanding providers and health maintenance organizations (HMO), focusing on: (1) licensing, inspection, and enforcement for 16 types of freestanding providers; and (2) inspection and enforcement activities for health maintenance organizations.

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Health centersHealth maintenance organizationsHospital care servicesLicensesQuality assuranceSafety regulationSanctionsStandards evaluationState programsQuality of care