Health Management - 2 parts

Physician Philanthropy or Profit

In any production model, one of the key measures of successful output is that of quality.

In healthcare where there are so many variables (e.g. patients initial health, providers experience level, etc.) is it possible to truly gauge quality of services rendered?

Who should be measuring quality; should it be the provider, the payer, or the patient?

This must be at least 150 words. Due in 1 1/2 hours.