title: Quantification of quality: a commentary.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Aetna Health Plans, Hartford, CT, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Casebolt
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D006302:Health Services Research; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States