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Quantification of quality: a commentary.

J M Casebolt
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The literature is replete with theoretical discussions of medical quality management, particularly of the measurement of quality in the health care setting. While there is a growing body of knowledge on both quality and its measurement, this author questions whether medical quality can ever be quantified. He says that the concept of quality is still a moving target, so that the value of attempts at quantification can only be short-lived.

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J M Casebolt. 1995. Quantification of quality: a commentary.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10152206/

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