Preface

This supplement to Annals of Internal Medicine contains articles developed from the Regenstrief Conference entitled “Measuring Quality, Outcomes, and Cost of Care Using Large Databases” that was held 4-6 September 1996 at the Turkey Run State Park in Marshall, Indiana.

The meeting was the sixth in a biennial series sponsored by the Regenstrief Institute for Health Care. The Institute was founded in 1969 by Samuel N. Regenstrief, a philanthropist and successful businessman who was convinced that health …