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Table 2. Process of the IOM in Envisioning a National Health Care Quality Report

Step Component

1: Conceptual framework for national health care quality Desirable components of quality

Consumer perspective of needs

2: Measure selection Importance of variables

Scientific soundness of measures

Feasibility of measurement

3: Determine data sources Availability

Credibility

Reliability

Timeliness

Notes: IOM = Institute of Medicine. Adapted from Envisioning the National Health Care Quality Report, by M. P. Hurtado, E. K. Swift, and J. M. Corrigan, 2001, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.