TY - JOUR T1 - Accountability through Measurement: A Global Perspective JF - Quality and Safety in Health Care JO - Qual Saf Health Care SP - 395 LP - 395 DO - 10.1136/qhc.12.5.395 VL - 12 IS - 5 AU - M Marshall Y1 - 2003/10/01 UR - http://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/12/5/395.abstract N2 - The term “accountability” is fast becoming a mantra for policy makers and politicians. Wherever we turn we hear that organisations and health professionals are insufficiently accountable, that health system reform needs to focus on increasing accountability, and that new mechanisms and tools are required to deliver greater accountability. Despite this interest, much of the discussion fails to be explicit about who should be accountable to whom and for what. A book entitled Accountability through … ER -