title: The cost of quality in health care.
abstract: The potential fiscal impact of improved quality on health care providers and organizations is substantial. In this era of dwindling health care resources, proposals that may limit cost increases while improving quality represent true win-win situations. There is a need for a substantial amount of health care research in this fertile area of quality improvement.
authors.affiliation: Section of Emergency Medicine, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing.
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Overton
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Delene
mesh_terms: D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry / Q000592:standards; D017059:Models, Econometric; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States