Performance Snapshots is a compendium of data representing the independent efforts of many researchers who have published the studies from which we have drawn. We gratefully acknowledge their contributions to advancing the knowledge about quality.

Performance Snapshots Project Team
Sheila Leatherman, Research Professor, School of Public Health, and Senior Investigator, UNC Program on Health Outcomes, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and Senior Associate, Judge Institute, University of Cambridge, England

Douglas McCarthy, President, Issues Research, Inc., Durango, Colo. (under contract to The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Scientific Consultants
Kathleen Lohr, Ph.D., Research Professor, School of Public Health, and Senior Investigator, UNC Program on Health Outcomes, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and Distinguished Fellow, Research Triangle Institute

Joanne Garrett, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Advisory Board
Donald Berwick, M.D., M.P.P., President and CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Cambridge, Mass.

Robert Galvin, M.D., Director, Global Health Care, General Electric Company, Fairfield, Conn.

Judith Hibbard, Dr.P.H., Professor, Department of Planning, Public Policy, and Management, University of Oregon, Eugene

Elizabeth McGlynn, Ph.D., Associate Director, RAND Health, Santa Monica, Calif.

William Roper, M.D., M.P.H., Dean, School of Medicine, and Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and Chief Executive Officer, UNC Health Care System

Grant Administration
Sue Tolleson-Rinehart, Ph.D., Administrator, UNC Program on Health Outcomes, School of Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Web Production Team
Christine Haran, Web editor, The Commonwealth Fund

Martha Hostetter, Consulting Web editor, The Commonwealth Fund

Joon Bai, Web producer, The Commonwealth Fund

We acknowledge Kara Nyberg for assistance in drafting narratives, and Jim Walden of Walden Creative, Bayfield, Colo., for creating map graphics.

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