Good measure of healthcare quality

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Because of possible complications at delivery, Mrs. T. is told by her doctor that she will have to give birth at South General Hospital. When Mrs. T. tells her friends what her doctor said, they are appalled and urge her to do all she can to go to Community Hospital instead. The friends draw sharp contrasts between the two hospitals. Community has quiet birthing rooms and was recently redecorated, and each patient is assigned a specific nurse. Because the nurses work 12-hour shifts, most women who deliver at the hospital have just one or two nurses attending to them. At South General, deliveries take place in ordinary, noisy hospital rooms. Staff tend to be busy and are not especially friendly, and women in labor are typically under the care of multiple nurses

1- Describe three instances in which outcomes would not be a good measure of healthcare quality, and explain why.

2- Do you agree that care can be both high quality and inefficient? Why or why not?

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