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History and Background of Quality Measurement

Jonathan Chun
1   Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Division of General and Oncologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
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Andrea Chao Bafford
1   Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Division of General and Oncologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
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17 February 2014 (online)

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Abstract

Health care quality measurement has become increasingly emphasized, as providers and administrators respond to public and government demands for improved patient care. This article will review the evolution of surgical quality measurement and improvement from its infancy in the 1850s to the vast efforts being undertaken today.

Keywords

surgical quality - quality improvement - quality measures - history
 

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