VALUE EQUALS QUALITY PLUS COST

Authors
ARFORD PH ALLRED CA
Citation
Ph. Arford et Ca. Allred, VALUE EQUALS QUALITY PLUS COST, The Journal of nursing administration, 25(9), 1995, pp. 64-69
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Nursing
Journal title
The Journal of nursing administration → ACNP
ISSN journal
00020443
Volume
25
Issue
9
Year of publication
1995
Pages
64 - 69
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-0443(1995)25:9<64:VEQPC>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Development of a quality index allows a quantifiable synthesis of sele cted patient-care outcomes and service costs. The quality index provid es potential buyers of healthcare a way to judge the costs associated with a particular level of quality and thus, compare the value of alte rnative services.