title: Quality measures in health care.
abstract: This article discusses measurement of quality in health care. The authors attempt to answer the following questions: why measure quality, and what will quality measurement do? The current quality measurement system is described including definitions of the measurable aspects of health care and current measurement tools. Finally, suggested benchmarks for various health care measurements are included.
authors.affiliation: Auburn University, Montgomery, AL 36117, USA.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Self
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sherer
mesh_terms: D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States