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Burstin H, Conn A, Setnik G, Rucker D, Cleary P, O’Neil A, Orav E, Sox C, Brennan T, Investigators T. Benchmarking and quality improvement: the Harvard Emergency Department Quality Study∗∗Access the “Journal Club” discussion of this paper at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ajmselect/. The American Journal Of Medicine 1999, 107: 437-449. PMID: 10569298, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9343(99)00269-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient-reported problemsEmergency department careCare guidelinesMedical recordsPatient ratingsChief complaintEmergency departmentHospital emergency departmentQuality improvement interventionsPatient-reported measuresEmergency department directorsPatient-based measuresEmergency department (ED) qualityQuality improvement effortsEligible patientsPatient questionnairePreintervention periodPostintervention periodPatient reportsPatientsImprovement interventionsMultivariate analysisPercent complianceStudy periodCare